CVE-2016-10011

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10011
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10011.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-10011
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-01-05T02:59:03Z
Modified
2025-10-21T12:34:07Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/openbsd/src

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/openbsd/src
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
ac8147a06ed2e2403fb6b9a0c03e618a9333c0e9

Database specific

vanir_signatures

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        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "usr.bin/ssh/authfile.c"
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/ac8147a06ed2e2403fb6b9a0c03e618a9333c0e9",
        "signature_type": "Line"
    },
    {
        "id": "CVE-2016-10011-c83da3a4",
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "length": 886.0,
            "function_hash": "131967150470127632179863844496832158061"
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "function": "sshkey_load_file",
            "file": "usr.bin/ssh/authfile.c"
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/ac8147a06ed2e2403fb6b9a0c03e618a9333c0e9",
        "signature_type": "Function"
    }
]

Git / github.com/openbsd/src

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected