Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2006-1206 — Dropbear vulnerability

5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
12.2%
top 6.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
2
Dropbear SSH Project Dropbear SSHDebian Dropbear
Timeline
PublishedMar 14
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Matt 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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/dropbear< dropbear 0.48-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6979-j27r-h7g9: Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2006-1206: Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0↗2006-03-14
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Dropbear / OpenSSH Server - 'MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS' Denial of Service↗2006-03-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2006-1206: dropbear - Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux de...↗2006
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