CVE-2006-1206

Dropbear / OpenSSH Server - 'MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS' Denial of Service

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a large number of connection attempts that exceeds the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS defined value of 30.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-03-10 First Exploit
2006-03-14 CVE Reserved
2006-03-14 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015742	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426999/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25075	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1572	2006-03-10

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17024	2018-10-30

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Dropbear Ssh Project Search vendor "Dropbear Ssh Project"		Dropbear Ssh Search vendor "Dropbear Ssh Project" for product "Dropbear Ssh"				<= 0.47 Search vendor "Dropbear Ssh Project" for product "Dropbear Ssh" and version " <= 0.47"		-		Affected