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OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1907

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OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2016-1907

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/25/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The ssh_packet_read_poll2 function in packet.c in OpenSSH before 7.1p2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via crafted network traffic.

Solution(s)

  • openbsd-openssh-upgrade-7_1p2

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