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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-4924

sshd in OpenSSH before 4.4, when using the version 1 SSH protocol, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an SSH packet that contains duplicate blocks, which is not properly handled by the CRC compensation attack…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 37.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 37.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

sshd in OpenSSH before 4.4, when using the version 1 SSH protocol, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an SSH packet that contains duplicate blocks, which is not properly handled by the CRC compensation attack detector.

CVSS 2.0
7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
37.54% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
openbsd/openssh
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.