SB2017032008 - Denial of service in OpenSSH
Published: March 20, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017032008
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10708)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper processing of out-of-sequence NEWKEYS messages, as defined in the kex.c and packet.c source code files. A remote attacker can send an out-of-sequence NEWKEYS message, trigger a NULL pointer dereference condition and cause the sshd daemon to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.