vulnerability
Juniper Junos OS: 2018-01 Security Bulletin: Junos OS: OpenSSH Memory exhaustion due to unregistered KEXINIT handler (JSA10837) (CVE-2016-8858)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 9, 2016 | Jan 11, 2018 | Apr 14, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 9, 2016
Added
Jan 11, 2018
Modified
Apr 14, 2025
Description
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."
Solution
juniper-junos-os-upgrade-latest
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