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CVE-2016-10011
authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local…
Medium6.2EPSS 1.1%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161219 Announce: OpenSSH 7.4 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 1037490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/ac8147a06ed2e2403fb6b9a0c03e618a9333c0e9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180910 [SECURITY] [DLA 1500-1] openssh security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 94977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .