CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-10708

7.5 HIGH Published 2018-01-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-01-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• openbsd openssh (< 7.4) • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • netapp cloud backup • netapp data ontap • netapp data ontap edge • netapp oncommand unified manager (>= 9.4) • netapp service processor • netapp storagegrid • netapp storagegrid webscale • netapp clustered data ontap • netapp vasa provider

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References