CVE-2013-6890 (GCVE-0-2013-6890)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-12-23 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 17:53
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
denyhosts 2.6 uses an incorrect regular expression when analyzing authentication logs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect block of IP addresses) via crafted login names.
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