CVE-2016-10011
medium
CVSS v3
6.2
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.2
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
62%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 7.4p1-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:7.4p1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:7.4p1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:7.4p1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:7.4p1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:7.4p1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openbsd | openssh | {"endIncluding":"7.3"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10011.html
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201612-20
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94977
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2029
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/ac8147a06ed2e2403fb6b9a0c03e618a9333c0e9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10011
CWEs
CWE-320 CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.