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CVE-2016-8858 openssh: Memory exhaustion due to unregistered KEXINIT handler - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-id="cve-id"><strong>CVE ID</strong></h3> <p>CVE-2016-8858</p> <h3 data-id="description"><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></h3> <p>** DISPUTED ** 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."</p> <h3 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h3> <p>CentOS6 openssh - Not affected, False positive<br>CentOS7 openssh - Not affected, False positive</p> <h3 data-id="link-to-advisories"><strong>LINK TO ADVISORIES</strong></h3> <p></p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fnvd.nist.gov%2Fvuln%2Fdetail%2FCVE-2016-8858%250D%250Ahttps%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Fsecurity%2Fcve%2Fcve-2016-8858">https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8858 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-8858</a></li></ul> </article> </main>