CVE-2016-0787
Moderate
CVE-2016-0787
The diffie_hellman_sha256 function in kex.c in libssh2 before 1.7.0 improperly truncates secrets to 128 or 256 bits, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to decrypt or intercept SSH sessions via unspecified vectors, aka a "bits/bytes confusion bug."
Exploit probability
2.6%
Published
April 13, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
35 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-0787
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The diffie_hellman_sha256 function in kex.c in libssh2 before 1.7.0 improperly truncates secrets to 128 or 256 bits, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to decrypt or intercept SSH sessions via unspecified vectors, aka a "bits/bytes confusion bug."
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177980.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178573.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00008.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3487
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82514
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa120
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10156
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0787
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-12
- https://www.libssh2.org/CVE-2016-0787.patch
- https://www.libssh2.org/adv_20160223.html