vulnerability

OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2016-0777

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 14, 2016
Added
Jan 21, 2016
Modified
Apr 17, 2026

Description

The resend_bytes function in roaming_common.c in the client in OpenSSH 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x before 7.1p2 allows remote servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by requesting transmission of an entire buffer, as demonstrated by reading a private key.

Solution

openbsd-openssh-upgrade-latest
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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