CVE-2016-8858

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."
References
Link Resource
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=h Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860 Issue Tracking
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sig Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.asc Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/ Third Party Advisory
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=h Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860 Issue Tracking
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sig Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.asc Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:00

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=h - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=h - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860 - Issue Tracking () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860 - Issue Tracking
References () https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf - () https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf -
References () https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sig - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sig - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.asc - Third Party Advisory () https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.asc - Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/ - Third Party Advisory () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/ - Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 02:36

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary ** 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." 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."

Information

Published : 2016-12-09 11:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:00


NVD link : CVE-2016-8858

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8858

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8858


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Products Affected

openbsd

  • openssh
CWE
CWE-399

Resource Management Errors