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Palo Alto Networks PAN-SA-2016-0011 (CVE-2016-0777): OpenSSH vulnerabilities

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Palo Alto Networks PAN-SA-2016-0011 (CVE-2016-0777): OpenSSH vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/11/2016
Modified
06/17/2020

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(s)

  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-7-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-7-1

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