5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.725 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.1%
A certain Debian patch for OpenSSH before 4.3p2-9etch3 on etch; before 4.6p1-1 on sid and lenny; and on other distributions such as SUSE uses functions that are not async-signal-safe in the signal handler for login timeouts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via multiple login attempts. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2006-5051.
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498678
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
secunia.com/advisories/31885
secunia.com/advisories/32080
secunia.com/advisories/32181
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1638
www.securitytracker.com/id?1020891
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45202