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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-6890

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.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 8.90%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
8.90% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · phil schwartz/denyhosts
Source
cve@mitre.org

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