CVE-2016-10010

Publication date 4 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.0 · High

Score breakdown

sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4, when privilege separation is not used, creates forwarded Unix-domain sockets as root, which might allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to serverloop.c.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openssh 17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

unix socket forwarding was introduced in openssh 6.7

mdeslaur

privilege separation is enabled in Debian/Ubuntu

Patch details

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Package Patch details
openssh

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.0 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H