vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-6a2cfcdc-9dea-11e6-a298-14dae9d210b8 (CVE-2016-8858): FreeBSD -- OpenSSH Remote Denial of Service vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 29, 2016 | Nov 14, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 29, 2016
Added
Nov 14, 2016
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Problem Description: When processing the SSH_MSG_KEXINIT message, the server could allocate up to a few hundreds of megabytes of memory per each connection, before any authentication take place. Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a SSH server to allocate an excessive amount of memory. Note that the default MaxStartups setting on FreeBSD will limit the effectiveness of this attack.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-openssh-portablefreebsd-upgrade-base-11_0-release-p3freebsd-upgrade-base-10_3-release-p12
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