Vulnerability CVE-2007-5715


Published: 2007-10-30   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
DenyHosts 2.6 processes OpenSSH sshd "not listed in AllowUsers" log messages with an incorrect regular expression that does not match an IP address, which might allow remote attackers to avoid detection and blocking when making invalid login attempts with a username not present in AllowUsers, as demonstrated by the root username, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4323.

Type:

CWE-16

(Configuration)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Denyhosts -> Denyhosts 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237449
http://osvdb.org/45298
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181213

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