freeSSHd Pre Authentication Error Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36235
Class:	Unknown
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 03 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 09 2009 05:41PM
Credit:	Reported as a module for VulnDisco Pack
Vulnerable:	freeSSHd freeSSHd 1.2.4
Not Vulnerable:

freeSSHd Pre Authentication Error Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

freeSSHd is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

This issue affects freeSSHd 1.2.4; other versions may also be affected.

freeSSHd Pre Authentication Error Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Exploit code has been developed and released as part of the VulnDisco Pack Professional module for the Immunity CANVAS application. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

freeSSHd Pre Authentication Error Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

freeSSHd Pre Authentication Error Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• freeSSHd Homepage (freeSSHd)
  
• VulnDisco Pack Professional (Intevydis)