Google Guest Agent could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Jakub Ciolek discovered that the Go Cryptography module included in Google Guest Agent did not validate GSSAPI authentication requests during SSH operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Jakub Ciolek discovered that the Go Cryptography module included in Google Guest Agent did not validate GSSAPI authentication requests during SSH operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Jakub Ciolek discovered that the Go Cryptography module included in Google Guest Agent did not validate GSSAPI authentication requests during SSH operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Jakub Ciolek discovered that the Go Cryptography module included in Google Guest Agent did not validate GSSAPI authentication requests during SSH operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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