Vulnerability Details : 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 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.
Published 2006-03-07 02:02:00
Updated 2017-07-20 01:30:09
Source FreeBSD
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Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-0883

Threat overview for CVE-2006-0883

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2006-0883
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 22
IPs affected by CVE-2006-0883 6,768
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0883

EPSS FAQ
4.34%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 92 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-0883

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2006-0883

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-0883

  • Red Hat 2006-08-30
    This issue did not affect the versions of OpenSSH as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

References for CVE-2006-0883

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