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CVE-2016-10708

sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-se

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Not listed in CISA KEV
1 proof of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-sequence NEWKEYS message, as demonstrated by Honggfuzz, related to kex.c and packet.c.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 12

openssh.com

security.netapp.com

lists.debian.org

anongit.mindrot.org

usn.ubuntu.com

securityfocus.com

blog.swiecki.net

kc.mcafee.com

support.f5.com

cert-portal.siemens.com

GitHub · lggcs/CVE-2016-10708