Uninitialized Data Structures Vulnerability in OpenSSH

CVE-2014-1692 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The hash_buffer function in schnorr.c in OpenSSH through 6.4, when Makefile.inc is modified to enable the J-PAKE protocol, does not initialize certain data structures, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an error condition.

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