cve-2016-8858
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-09 00:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:35
Severity ?
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."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=hIssue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markupIssue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttps://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sigPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89adIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.ascThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=hIssue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markupIssue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sigPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89adIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.ascThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/Third Party Advisory
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