Security Advisory
CVE-2016-8858
7.5
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
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."
Published Date
December 9, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory