CVE-2016-0778

NameCVE-2016-0778
DescriptionThe (1) roaming_read and (2) roaming_write functions in roaming_common.c in the client in OpenSSH 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x before 7.1p2, when certain proxy and forward options are enabled, do not properly maintain connection file descriptors, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by requesting many forwardings.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-387-1, DSA-3446-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openssh (PTS)buster1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)1:7.9p1-10+deb10u4fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2fixed
trixie1:9.6p1-4fixed
sid1:9.7p1-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
opensshsourcesqueeze1:5.5p1-6+squeeze8DLA-387-1
opensshsourcewheezy1:6.0p1-4+deb7u3DSA-3446-1
opensshsourcejessie1:6.7p1-5+deb8u1DSA-3446-1
opensshsource(unstable)1:7.1p2-1

Notes

https://www.qualys.com/2016/01/14/cve-2016-0777-cve-2016-0778/openssh-cve-2016-0777-cve-2016-0778.txt

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