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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-10708: Moderate: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:2029)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-10708: Moderate: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:2029)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/21/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-openssh
  • centos-upgrade-openssh-askpass
  • centos-upgrade-openssh-cavs
  • centos-upgrade-openssh-clients
  • centos-upgrade-openssh-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-openssh-keycat
  • centos-upgrade-openssh-ldap
  • centos-upgrade-openssh-server
  • centos-upgrade-openssh-server-sysvinit
  • centos-upgrade-pam_ssh_agent_auth

References

  • 102780
  • CVE-2016-10708

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