CVE-2016-10011
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.01%Published: 1/5/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/opensshfrom 0, < 7.4_p1-r0
- Debian/opensshfrom 0, < 1:7.4p1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |