CVE-2016-0777
The resend_bytes function in roaming_common.c in the client in OpenSSH 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x before 7.1p2 allows remote servers to obtain sensitive information…
Medium · published January 14, 2016
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High probability of exploitation
CVSS calls it medium at 6.5. It sits in the 99.2th percentile for exploit probability.
What it is
The resend_bytes function in roaming_common.c in the client in OpenSSH 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x before 7.1p2 allows remote servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by requesting transmission of an entire buffer, as demonstrated by reading a private key.
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Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 6.5 · MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.63468 · 99.2th percentile
- Published
- 2016-01-14T00:00Z
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