CVE-2016-10708

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.21% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory openssh.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html release notes vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180423-0003/ third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00031.html third party advisory mailing list
https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=28652bca29046f62c7045e933e6b931de1d16737 third party advisory patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3809-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102780 vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html third party advisory mailing list
http://blog.swiecki.net/2018/01/fuzzing-tcp-servers.html third party advisory patch
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32485746?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10708?
CVE-2016-10708 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-10708?
To fix CVE-2016-10708, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-10708 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-10708 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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