cve/2016/CVE-2016-8858.md

### [CVE-2016-8858](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8858)
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### Description

** DISPUTED ** The kex_input_kexinit function in kex.c in OpenSSH 6.x and 7.x through 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many duplicate KEXINIT requests.  NOTE: a third party reports that "OpenSSH upstream does not consider this as a security issue."

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/bioly230/THM_Skynet
- https://github.com/dag-erling/kexkill
- https://github.com/retr0-13/cveScannerV2
- https://github.com/scmanjarrez/CVEScannerV2
- https://github.com/vshaliii/Basic-Pentesting-2-Vulnhub-Walkthrough