CVE-2016-10708
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Jan 21, 2018
- Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 21, 2018
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180423-0003/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180126 [SECURITY] [DLA 1257-1] openssh security updatemailing-list
- https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=28652bca29046f62c7045e933e6b931de1d16737
- USN-3809-1vendor-advisory
- 102780vdb-entry
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180910 [SECURITY] [DLA 1500-1] openssh security updatemailing-list
- http://blog.swiecki.net/2018/01/fuzzing-tcp-servers.html
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32485746?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf
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