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HistoryOct 20, 2016 - 7:47 a.m.

CVE-2016-8858

2016-10-2007:47:22
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0.784 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.3%

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.”