CVE-2016-10011 Information disclosure in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a memory handling flaw in OpenSSH to read sensitive private key information from privilege-separated processes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10011?
CVE-2016-10011 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 5 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10011?
It affects 1 product.
Products include OpenSSH.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10011?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-10011 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10011 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenSSH
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-10011, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10011, GHSA-xcgr-wv7g-4j33, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10011.