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High severity · published Jan 5, 2017
CVE-2016-10012
The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not ensure that a bounds check is enforced by all compilers, which…
7.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not ensure that a bounds check is enforced by all compilers, which might allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a sandboxed privilege-separation process, related to the m_zback and m_zlib data structures.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openssh · Openbsd
through 7.3 · source: NVD
Affected product
OP
Openssh
Openbsd
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10012
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94975
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490
www.slackware.com
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2029
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
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