VYPR
Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-10011

CVE-2016-10011

Description

authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process.

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