vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2966-1 (CVE-2016-1907): OpenSSH vulnerabilities
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 19, 2016 | May 9, 2016 | Apr 14, 2025 |
Description
Shayan Sadigh discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled environment files
when the UseLogin feature is enabled. A local attacker could use this issue
to gain privileges. (CVE-2015-8325)
Ben Hawkes discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled certain network
traffic. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSH
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to
Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2016-1907)
Thomas Hoger discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled untrusted X11
forwarding when the SECURITY extension is disabled. A connection configured
as being untrusted could get switched to trusted in certain scenarios,
contrary to expectations. (CVE-2016-1908)
It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled certain X11 forwarding
data. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass certain intended command restrictions. (CVE-2016-3115)
Solution

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