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CVE-2016-8858

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
27.135

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
CVE-2016-8858NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234