CVE-2016-3115

Public on 2016-03-16

Modified on 2016-03-16

Description

It was discovered that the OpenSSH server did not sanitize data received in requests to enable X11 forwarding. An authenticated client with restricted SSH access could possibly use this flaw to bypass intended restrictions.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

4.9

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	openssh	2016-03-16	ALAS-2016-668

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	4.9	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD	CVSSv2	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD	CVSSv3	6.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2016-3115 Mitre: CVE-2016-3115