CVE-2016-3115
At a glance
- Severity
- MEDIUM 6.4
- EPSS
- EPSS 35.53 % · percentile 98 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 6.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2016-4168
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-3115
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2017-AVI-022 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Network and Security Manager · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2017-AVI-012 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 7.2cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/x11fwd.adv
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136234/OpenSSH-7.2p1-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh.asc
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39569/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0466.html
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035249
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183101.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- 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-March/180491.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa121
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84314
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179924.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184264.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0465.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183122.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/46
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178838.html
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |