CVE - CVE-2016-8858

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-8858	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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."
References
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BID:93776 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93776 CONFIRM:https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CONFIRM:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0001/ FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-16:33 URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:33.openssh.asc GENTOO:GLSA-201612-18 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18 MISC:http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c.diff?r1=1.126&r2=1.127&f=h MISC:http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384860 MISC:https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/013_ssh_kexinit.patch.sig MISC:https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/ec165c392ca54317dbe3064a8c200de6531e89ad MLIST:[oss-security] 20161019 CVE Request: OpenSSH: Memory exhaustion issue found in OpenSSH URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/3 MLIST:[oss-security] 20161020 Re: Re: CVE Request: OpenSSH: Memory exhaustion issue found in OpenSSH URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/1 SECTRACK:1037057 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037057
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20161019	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161019)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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