CVE-2016-10708
openssh - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.1%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-10708
To remediate CVE-2016-10708, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openssh—upgrade to 1:7.4p1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u7 or later
Is CVE-2016-10708 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:7.4p1-1
- from 0, < 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |