CVE-2016-10012

NameCVE-2016-10012
DescriptionThe shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not ensure that a bounds check is enforced by all compilers, which might allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a sandboxed privilege-separation process, related to the m_zback and m_zlib data structures.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1500-1
Debian Bugs848717

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openssh (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:6.7p1-5+deb8u10fixed
stretch (security)1:7.4p1-10+deb9u6fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:7.4p1-10+deb9u9fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:7.9p1-10+deb10u4fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm1:9.2p1-2+deb12u3fixed
sid, trixie1:9.9p1-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
opensshsourcejessie1:6.7p1-5+deb8u6DLA-1500-1
opensshsource(unstable)1:7.4p1-1low848717

Notes

[wheezy] - openssh <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Fixed in upstream 7.4: https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/monitor.c.diff?r1=1.165&r2=1.166
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/monitor.h.diff?r1=1.19&r2=1.20

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