CVE-2016-8858 (GCVE-0-2016-8858)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-09 00:00
Modified
2026-05-29 20:45
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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."
References
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