Security Advisory

CVE-2016-0778

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-01-14 00:00:00
Last updated 2026-05-29 20:28:32
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The (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.