DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8858

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8858
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8858.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8858
Upstream
Published
2016-12-09T11:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:34Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The kexinputkexinit 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."

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.3p1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.3p1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.3p1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / openssh

Package

Name
openssh
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.3p1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}