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CVE-2006-0883
published 2006-03-07

CVE-2006-0883: 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…

PriorityP424medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
1.88%
76.8th percentile
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.

Affected

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianopenssh< openssh 1:3.8.1p1-4 (bookworm)openssh 1:3.8.1p1-4 (bookworm)
freebsdfreebsd
freebsdfreebsd
openbsdopenssh
openbsdopenssh>= 0 < 1:3.8.1p1-41:3.8.1p1-4
openbsdopenssh>= 0 < 1:3.8.1p1-41:3.8.1p1-4
openbsdopenssh>= 0 < 1:3.8.1p1-41:3.8.1p1-4
openbsdopenssh>= 0 < 1:3.8.1p1-41:3.8.1p1-4

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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