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Asymmetric denial of service In openssh

Description

packet.c in ssh in OpenSSH allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending an invalid protocol sequence with USERAUTH_SUCCESS before NEWKEYS, which causes newkeys[mode] to be NULL.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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