CVE-2006-0883 | BDVDB-2026-15485 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0805
http://www.osvdb.org/23797
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015706
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/520
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16892
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25116
http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=839

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12006-03-07Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.