CVE-2016-10708
Published: 21 January 2018
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.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
openssh Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.5p1-10ubuntu0.1)
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.5p1-10)
|
|
| cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.5p1-10)
|
|
| disco |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.5p1-10)
|
|
| eoan |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.5p1-10)
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.5p1-10)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.5p1-10)
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(1:7.5p1-10)
|
|
| precise |
Ignored
(end of ESM support, was needed)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.11)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(1:7.4p1-1)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.6)
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | rated low as issue only allows crashing the per-connection process, not the main daemon. |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10708
- http://blog.swiecki.net/2018/01/fuzzing-tcp-servers.html
- https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3809-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian