CVE-2014-1692

Publication date 29 January 2014

Last updated 6 June 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The hash_buffer function in schnorr.c in OpenSSH through 6.4, when Makefile.inc is modified to enable the J-PAKE protocol, does not initialize certain data structures, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an error condition.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openssh	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

not-affected, we don't use J-PAKE

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.3 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L