CVE-2016-3115

MEDIUM

OpenSSH <7.2p2 - CRLF Injection

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by tintinweb · pythonremotemultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39569

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (25)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.openssh.com/txt/x11fwd.adv

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

[Various Sources] https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136234/OpenSSH-7.2p1-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:14.openssh.asc

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39569/

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0466.html

[Various Sources] http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035249

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183101.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

[Various Sources] http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/session.c.diff?r1=1.281&r2=1.282&f=h

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180491.html

[Various Sources] https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa121

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84314

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179924.html

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184264.html

... and 5 more

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.4711

EPSS Percentile 97.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

Status published

Products (2)

openbsd/openssh < 7.2

oracle/vm_server 3.2

Published Mar 22, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026