16567 : OpenSSH Privilege Separation LoginGraceTime DoS
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Disclosure
Jan 27, 2004

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Jan 27, 2004

Solution
Unknown

Keywords

 VMSA-2006-0008

Description

 OpenSSH contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a session has been terminated after exceeding the LoginGraceTime setting. The connection is not properly closed and could lead to a connection consumption attack, causing further connections to be refused. This will result in loss of availability for the ssh service.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Darren Tucker has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products
OpenSSH
Watch-list
OpenSSH (portable)
Watch-list
 3.6.1 p2
3.7.1 p2

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