vulnerability

IBM AIX: openssh_advisory7 (CVE-2016-0778): Vulnerabilities in OpenSSH affects AIX

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 14, 2016
Added
Nov 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

The (1) roaming_read and (2) roaming_write functions in roaming_common.c in the client in OpenSSH 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x before 7.1p2, when certain proxy and forward options are enabled, do not properly maintain connection file descriptors, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by requesting many forwardings.

Solution

ibm-aix-openssh_advisory7
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