FKIE_CVE-2016-3115

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-03-22 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:44
Summary
Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in session.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.2p2 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data, related to the (1) do_authenticated1 and (2) session_x11_req functions.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c.diff?r1=1.281&r2=1.282&f=h
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183101.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183122.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178838.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179924.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180491.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184264.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136234/OpenSSH-7.2p1-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0465.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0466.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/46
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openssh.com/txt/x11fwd.advVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84314
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035249
cve@mitre.orghttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa121
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39569/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c.diff?r1=1.281&r2=1.282&f=h
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183101.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183122.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178838.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179924.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180491.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184264.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136234/OpenSSH-7.2p1-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0465.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0466.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/46
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openssh.com/txt/x11fwd.advVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84314
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035249
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa121
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39569/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh.asc
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openbsd openssh *
oracle vm_server 3.2

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