NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting openssh package, versions <1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.11
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- published21 Jan 2018
- disclosed21 Jan 2018
Introduced: 21 Jan 2018
CVE-2016-10708 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 openssh to version 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.11 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssh package and not the openssh package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10708
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32485746?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00031.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10708
- http://blog.swiecki.net/2018/01/fuzzing-tcp-servers.html
- https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=28652bca29046f62c7045e933e6b931de1d16737
- https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180423-0003/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102780
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3809-1/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32485746?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS