Vulnerability CVE-2006-6302


Published: 2006-12-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
fail2ban 0.7.4 and earlier does not properly parse sshd log files, which allows remote attackers to add arbitrary hosts to the /etc/hosts.deny file and cause a denial of service by adding arbitrary IP addresses to the sshd log file, as demonstrated by logging in via ssh with a login name containing certain strings with an IP address.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Fail2ban -> Fail2ban 

 References:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157166
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21469
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4877
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30739

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