vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-10708: Moderate: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:2029)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 1, 2017 | Feb 7, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 1, 2017
Added
Feb 7, 2018
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-sequence NEWKEYS message, as demonstrated by Honggfuzz, related to kex.c and packet.c.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-opensshredhat-upgrade-openssh-askpassredhat-upgrade-openssh-cavsredhat-upgrade-openssh-clientsredhat-upgrade-openssh-debuginforedhat-upgrade-openssh-keycatredhat-upgrade-openssh-ldapredhat-upgrade-openssh-serverredhat-upgrade-openssh-server-sysvinitredhat-upgrade-pam_ssh_agent_auth
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