sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4, when privilege separation is not used, creates forwarded Unix-domain sockets as root, which might allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to serverloop.c.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade openssh | Sep 20, 2017 | Jan 5, 2017 |
| Apple Osx Openssh | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Mar 28, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 5, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade openssh | Jul 30, 2024 | Jan 5, 2017 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade FreeBSDUpgrade openssh-portable | Jan 11, 2017 | Jan 11, 2017 |
| Hpux | — | Apply the remediation from HP for CVE-2016-10010 | Jul 3, 2018 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Openbsd Openssh | — | Upgrade to OpenSSH version 7.4 | Jan 9, 2017 | Jan 5, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade network/openssh to version 7.4.0.1-0.175.3.20.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade openssh-clientsUpgrade openssh-fipsUpgrade openssh-serverUpgrade openssh-askpass-gnomeUpgrade opensshUpgrade openssh-commonUpgrade openssh-helpers | Jan 24, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade openssh-server | Jan 24, 2018 | Jan 4, 2017 |
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