VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-4925
packet.c in ssh in OpenSSH allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending an invalid protocol sequence with USERAUTH_SUCCESS before NEWKEYS, which causes newkeys[mode] to be NULL.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 15.2%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
packet.c in ssh in OpenSSH allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending an invalid protocol sequence with USERAUTH_SUCCESS before NEWKEYS, which causes newkeys[mode] to be NULL.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 15.16% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- openbsd/openssh
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148228Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22245
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22298
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23038
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:179
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_24_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_62_openssh.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/packet.c.diff?r1=1.144&r2=1.145&f=h
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.022-openssh.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447153/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447861/100/200/threaded
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-661
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-681
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148228Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22245
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22298
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23038
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:179
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_24_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_62_openssh.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/packet.c.diff?r1=1.144&r2=1.145&f=h
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.022-openssh.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447153/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447861/100/200/threaded
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-661
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-681
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.