vulnerability
OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2016-8858
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 2016-12-09 | 2016-12-12 | 2024-11-27 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2016-12-09
Added
2016-12-12
Modified
2024-11-27
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
openbsd-openssh-upgrade-latest

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