CVE-2019-25590
Axessh 4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the logging configuration that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the log file name field.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Axessh 4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the logging configuration that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the log file name field. Attackers can enable session logging, paste a buffer of 500 or more characters into the log file name parameter, and trigger a crash when establishing a telnet connection.
- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 6th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1282
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.