CVE-2016-1235

Publication date 11 April 2016

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The oarsh script in OAR before 2.5.7 allows remote authenticated users of a cluster to obtain sensitive information and possibly gain privileges via vectors related to OpenSSH options.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that OAR incorrectly handled OpenSSH options. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
oar	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	15.10 wily	Fixed 2.5.4-2+deb8u1build0.15.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.5.2-4.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H