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CVE-2016-8858

Description

A memory exhaustion issue in OpenSSH that can be triggered before user authentication was found. An unauthenticated attacker could consume approx. 400 MB of memory per each connection. The attacker could set up multiple such connections to run out of server?s memory.

Priority: HIGH
CVSS v3: 7.5
Component: openssh
Publish Date: Nov 11, 2016
Related ID: --
CVSS v2: High
Modified Date: Nov 11, 2016

Find out more about CVE-2016-8858 from the MITRE-CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


Products Affected

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Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads
Linux
Wind River Linux LTS 17 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux 8 Fixed LIN8-5049
8.0.0.12 --
Wind River Linux 9 Fixed -- 9.0.0.0 --
Wind River Linux 7 Fixed -- 7.0.0.22 --
Wind River Linux LTS 21 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 22 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 18 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux LTS 19 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux CD release Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Wind River Linux 6 Fixed -- 6.0.0.32 --
Wind River Linux LTS 23 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
VxWorks
VxWorks 7 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
VxWorks 6.9 Not Vulnerable -- -- --
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition
Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition Not Vulnerable -- -- --

Related Products

Product Name Status Defect Fixed Downloads

Notes
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