CVE-2006-1206

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1206
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-14 01:06:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:28:00 UTC
DescriptionMatt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a large number of connection attempts that exceeds the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS defined value of 30.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Dropbear Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Dropbear SSH Server Authorization-Pending Limit Lets Remote Users Deny Service SECTRACK securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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