cve-2006-6302
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-12-06 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:19
Severity ?
Summary
fail2ban 0.7.4 and earlier does not properly parse sshd log files, which allows remote attackers to add arbitrary hosts to the /etc/hosts.deny file and cause a denial of service by adding arbitrary IP addresses to the sshd log file, as demonstrated by logging in via ssh with a login name containing certain strings with an IP address.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157166
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23237Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24184Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-05.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21469
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4877
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30739
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157166
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23237Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24184Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-05.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21469
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4877
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30739
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