| Name | CVE-2016-8858 |
| Description | The kex_input_kexinit function in kex.c in OpenSSH 6.x and 7.x through 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many duplicate KEXINIT requests. NOTE: a third party reports that "OpenSSH upstream does not consider this as a security issue." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 841884 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openssh (PTS) | buster | 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:9.6p1-4 | fixed |
| sid | 1:9.7p1-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| openssh | source | (unstable) | 1:7.3p1-2 | | | 841884 |
Notes
[jessie] - openssh <ignored> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - openssh <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/kex.c?rev=1.127&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
Only thing the attacker could do here is self-dos own connection