CVE-2016-3115

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    CVE-2016-3115

    Published: 22 Mar 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c, http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c.diff?r1=1.281&r2=1.282&f=h, 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, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184264.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136234/OpenSSH-7.2p1-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/46, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84314, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035249, https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39569/, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0465.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0466.html, http://www.openssh.com/txt/x11fwd.adv, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html, https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa121, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18, https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh.asc

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5c35450a0c901d9375fb23343a8dc82397da5f75

    Affected versions

    V_7_2_P1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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