CVE-2016-10011
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.01%
Description
authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process.
How to fix CVE-2016-10011
To remediate CVE-2016-10011, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/openssh—upgrade to 7.4_p1-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1:7.4p1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-10011 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.4_p1-r0
- from 0, < 1:7.4p1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |