CVE-2016-3115
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Mar 22, 2016
- Updated
- May 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 10, 2016
Description
Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in session.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.2p2 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data, related to the (1) do_authenticated1 and (2) session_x11_req functions.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/x11fwd.adv
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136234/OpenSSH-7.2p1-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
- FreeBSD-SA-16:14vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- 39569exploit
- RHSA-2016:0466vendor-advisory
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c
- 1035249vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2016-fc1cc33e05vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c.diff?r1=1.281&r2=1.282&f=h
- FEDORA-2016-d339d610c1vendor-advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa121
- GLSA-201612-18vendor-advisory
- 84314vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2016-0bcab055a7vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180910 [SECURITY] [DLA 1500-1] openssh security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2016-08e5803496vendor-advisory
- 20160314 CVE-2016-3116 - Dropbear SSH xauth injectionmailing-list
- RHSA-2016:0465vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2016-188267b485vendor-advisory
- 20160314 CVE-2016-3115 - OpenSSH <=7.2p1 xauth injectionmailing-list
- FEDORA-2016-bb59db3c86vendor-advisory
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