VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-0852
freeSSHd 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS packet to TCP port 22, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 6.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
freeSSHd 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS packet to TCP port 22, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.23% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- freesshd/freesshd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freesshdnull-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29002Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488363/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27845Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0591
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freesshdnull-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29002Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488363/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27845Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0591
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.