CVE-2019-16905
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16905
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-16905.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-16905
- Downstream
- Published
- 2019-10-09T20:15:23.503Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-20T10:58:46.899463Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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OpenSSH 7.7 through 7.9 and 8.x before 8.1, when compiled with an experimental key type, has a pre-authentication integer overflow if a client or server is configured to use a crafted XMSS key. This leads to memory corruption and local code execution because of an error in the XMSS key parsing algorithm. NOTE: the XMSS implementation is considered experimental in all released OpenSSH versions, and there is no supported way to enable it when building portable OpenSSH.
- References
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- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153537
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshkey-xmss.c
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0003/
- https://ssd-disclosure.com/archives/4033/ssd-advisory-openssh-pre-auth-xmss-integer-overflow
- https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/1
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshkey-xmss.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6&f=h