Vulnerability in OpenSSH (CVE-2016-3115)
Summary
Vulnerability in OpenSSH (CVE-2016-3115). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-3115 has been found in OpenSSH.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "OpenSSH CVE-2016-3115" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-3115 (OpenSSH) — CWE-93 / CVSS v3 6.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-93) exists in OpenSSH.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of OpenSSH.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'OpenSSH' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'OpenSSH' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
OpenSSHを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3115 openssh Fixed in: 1:7.2p2-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3115 openssh Fixed in: 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.7
References
- advisory bto.bluecoat.com
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory freebsd.org
- advisory rhn.redhat.com
- advisory rhn.redhat.com
- advisory openssh.com
- advisory oracle.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com
- web lists.debian.org
- web cvsweb.openbsd.org
- web cvsweb.openbsd.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web packetstormsecurity.com
- web seclists.org
- web seclists.org
- web oracle.com
- web oracle.com
- web securityfocus.com
- web securitytracker.com
- web exploit-db.com
- web github.com
- web exploit-db.com