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OpenSSH Denial of Service Vulnerability

🗓️ 09 Apr 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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OpenSSH Denial of Service Vulnerability impacting versions 6.1 and prio

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securityfocuswww.securityfocus.com/bid/58162
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103939");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-5107");
  script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
  script_name("OpenSSH Denial of Service Vulnerability");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-04-09 12:16:30 +0200 (Wed, 09 Apr 2014)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_openssh_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("openssh/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58162");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to trigger denial-of-
  service conditions.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Compare the version retrieved from the banner with the affected range.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The default configuration of OpenSSH through 6.1 enforces a fixed
  time limit between establishing a TCP connection and completing a login, which makes it easier for
  remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection-slot exhaustion) by periodically making
  many new TCP connections.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"OpenSSH is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"OpenSSH 6.1 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less_equal( version:vers, test_version:"6.1" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"See references", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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26 Jul 2023 00:00Current
5.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.1
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