CVE-2016-10012

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-12-19

Description

The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authenticationcompression) 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.

See more information about CVE-2016-10012 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	3.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (openssh)	ELSA-2017-2029	2017-08-07

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