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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-0778 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10734 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176516.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176349.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00008.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00009.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00013.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00014.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135273/Qualys-Security-Advisory-OpenSSH-Overflow-Leak.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/44 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3446 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.1p2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Technical Description  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537295/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80698 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034671 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2869-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/17/utm-up2date-9-354-released/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/29/utm-up2date-9-319-released/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa109 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05247375 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-01 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT206167 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-0778
NVD Published Date:
01/14/2016
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.