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CVE-2016-10012

The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not ensure that a bounds check

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Not listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not ensure that a bounds check is enforced by all compilers, which might allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a sandboxed privilege-separation process, related to the m_zback and m_zlib data structures.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 12

security.netapp.com

openwall.com

securitytracker.com

support.hpe.com

slackware.com

access.redhat.com

lists.debian.org

openssh.com

securityfocus.com

GitHub · openbsd/src

support.f5.com

cert-portal.siemens.com