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CVE-2016-10012

Date: January 4, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (17)

Url: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94975

Url: https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/3095060f479b86288e31c79ecbc5131a66bcd2f9

Url: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2029

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10012

Url: https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2

Url: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K62201745?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-10012

Url: http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10012

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10012

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-10012

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2016-10012

Date: January 4, 2017

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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