CVE-2006-0883 (GCVE-0-2006-0883)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-03-07 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
OpenSSH on FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4, when used with OpenPAM, does not properly handle when a forked child process terminates during PAM authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client connection refusal) by connecting multiple times to the SSH server, waiting for the password prompt, then disconnecting.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD |
| http://www.osvdb.org/23797 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015706 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/520 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16892 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=839 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2006-03-01 00:00
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