cve-2006-0883
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-03-07 02:00
Modified
2024-08-07 16:48
Severity ?
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.
References
secteam@freebsd.orgftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:09.openssh.asc
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=839
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/520
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015706Patch
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/23797
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16892Patch
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0805Vendor Advisory
secteam@freebsd.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25116
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:09.openssh.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=839
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/520
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1015706Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/23797
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16892Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0805Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25116
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