CVE-2016-10012
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.02%
Description
The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not ensure that a bounds check is enforced by all compilers, which might allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a sandboxed privilege-separation process, related to the m_zback and m_zlib data structures.
How to fix CVE-2016-10012
To remediate CVE-2016-10012, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 7.4_p1-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1:7.4p1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-10012 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 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |