libssh

Description:Access a working SSH implementation by means of a library
License: LGPL-2.1
Homepage:https://www.libssh.org/
Location:Portage
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  • M - hardmask
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USE flags

  • abi_mips_n32 - 64-bit (32-bit pointer) libraries
  • abi_mips_n64 - 64-bit libraries
  • abi_mips_o32 - 32-bit libraries
  • abi_s390_32 - 32-bit (s390) libraries
  • abi_s390_64 - 64-bit (s390x) libraries
  • abi_x86_32 - 32-bit (x86) libraries
  • abi_x86_64 - 64-bit (amd64) libraries
  • abi_x86_x32 - x32 ABI libraries
  • debug - Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
  • doc - Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
  • examples - Install examples, usually source code
  • gcrypt - Use dev-libs/libgcrypt as TLS provider
  • gssapi - Enable gssapi support
  • mbedtls - Use net-libs/mbedtls as TLS provider
  • pcap - Build with PCAP output support
  • server - Build with SSH server support
  • sftp - Build with SFTP support
  • static-libs - Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
  • test - Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
  • zlib - Add support for zlib (de)compression

Security Advisory

Date Severity Title
about 4 years normal libssh: Denial of Service
over 4 years low libssh: Denial of Service
almost 5 years normal libssh: Arbitrary command execution
over 8 years normal libssh and libssh2: Multiple vulnerabilities
over 10 years low LibSSH: Information disclosure
almost 11 years normal libssh: Arbitrary code execution

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