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CVE-2016-8858
- EPSS 29.46%
- Veröffentlicht 09.12.2016 11:59:00
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 29.05.2026 21:16:30
- Quelle cve@mitre.org
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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."
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 29.46% | 0.979 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 7.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
|
| nvd@nist.gov | 7.8 | 10 | 6.9 |
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
|
| 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=h
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sig
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.asc
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/