CVE-2016-0777

Summary

CVECVE-2016-0777
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-14 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-13 12:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe resend_bytes function in roaming_common.c in the client in OpenSSH 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x before 7.1p2 allows remote servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by requesting transmission of an entire buffer, as demonstrated by reading a private key.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Hp Remote Device Access Virtual Customer Access System All All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.0 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.1 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.2 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.3 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.4 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.4 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.5 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.6 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.6 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.7 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.7 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.8 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.8 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.9 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.0 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.1 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.2 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.2 p2 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.3 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.4 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.4 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.5 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.6 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.6 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.7 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.7 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.8 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.8 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.9 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 7.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 7.0 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 7.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 7.1 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.0 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.1 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.2 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.3 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.4 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.4 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.5 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.6 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.6 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.7 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.7 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.8 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.8 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 5.9 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.0 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.1 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.2 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.2 p2 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.3 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.4 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.4 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.5 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.6 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.6 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.7 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.7 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.8 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.8 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 6.9 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 7.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 7.0 p1 All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 7.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 7.1 p1 All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 110 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 120 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 220 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 320 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 425 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 525 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 625 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 110 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 120 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 220 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 320 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 425 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 525 All All All
Hardware Sophos Unified Threat Management 625 All All All
Application Sophos Unified Threat Management Software 9.318 All All All
Application Sophos Unified Threat Management Software 9.353 All All All
Application Sophos Unified Threat Management Software 9.318 All All All
Application Sophos Unified Threat Management Software 9.353 All All All

References

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UTM Up2Date 9.354 released | Sophos Blog CONFIRM blogs.sophos.com Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
FreeBSD-SA-16:07 FREEBSD security.FreeBSD.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Qualys Security Advisory - Roaming through the OpenSSH client: CVE-2016-0777 and CVE-2016-0778 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
2016-04 Security Bulletin: Junos: OpenSSH Client Information Leak and Buffer Overflow in roaming support (CVE-2016-0777, CVE-2016-0778) - Juniper Networks CONFIRM kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0118-1: critical: Security update for o SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Broadcom Support Portal CONFIRM bto.bluecoat.com Third Party Advisory
UTM Up2Date 9.319 released | Sophos Blog CONFIRM blogs.sophos.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0120-1: critical: Security update for o SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0128-1: critical: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0127-1: critical: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2869-1: OpenSSH vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
OpenSSH CVE-2016-0777 Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.1p2 CONFIRM www.openssh.com Vendor Advisory
OpenSSH Flaws Let Remote Authenticated Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information From Client Memory - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: Qualys Security Advisory - Roaming through the OpenSSH client: CVE-2016-0777 and CVE-2016-0778 FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: gsi-openssh-6.9p1-7.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: openssh-6.9p1-10.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3446-1 openssh DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Qualys Security Advisory - OpenSSH Overflow / Leak ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0119-1: critical: Security update for o SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: gsi-openssh-7.1p2-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0117-1: critical: Security update for o SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: openssh-7.1p2-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
OpenSSH: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201601-01) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591280 Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices Denial of Service (DoS) Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-349-21, SSA-412672)
  • 591311 Bosch Rexroth PRA-ES8P2S Ethernet-Switch Multiple Vulnerabilities (BOSCH-SA-247053-BT)
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