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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-10708

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.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 15.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
15.72% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
openbsd/openssh · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · netapp/cloud backup · netapp/data ontap · netapp/data ontap edge · netapp/oncommand unified manager · netapp/service processor · netapp/storagegrid · netapp/storagegrid webscale · netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/vasa provider
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.