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SUSE: CVE-2016-8858: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-8858: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/09/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/24/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

** DISPUTED ** 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(s)

  • suse-upgrade-openssh
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-askpass
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-askpass-gnome
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-clients
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-common
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-fips
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-helpers
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-openssl1
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-openssl1-helpers
  • suse-upgrade-openssh-server

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0264-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0603-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0606-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0607-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0607-2
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0607-3
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1661-1
  • 93776
  • 1037057
  • FreeBSD-SA-16:33
  • GLSA-201612-18
  • CVE-2016-8858
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