CVE-2016-8858
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The kex_input_kexinit function in kex.c in OpenSSH 6.x and 7.x through 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many duplicate KEXINIT requests. NOTE: a third party reports that "OpenSSH upstream does not consider this as a security issue."
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=h
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sig
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.asc
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=h
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sig
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.asc
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
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