CVE-2016-8858
Published: 9 December 2016
** DISPUTED ** 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."
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | DoS is limited to attacker's connection only, and openssh upstream does not consider this to be a security issue We do not consider this to be a security issue either, marking as ignored |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8858
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/185
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian