CVE-2016-3115
MEDIUM
6.4
CVSS Score
Published: March 22, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenSSHVm Server
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Severity
MEDIUM6.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 36%
SSVC
PoC
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183101.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183122.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178838.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179924.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180491.html
References (25)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.cVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183101.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183122.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178838.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179924.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180491.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184264.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
6.4MEDIUMCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-OtherCWE-93
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