OpenSSH on FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4, when used with OpenPAM, does not properly handle when a forked child process terminates during PAM authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client connection refusal) by connecting multiple times to the SSH server, waiting for the password prompt, then disconnecting.
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| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2006-0887 | OpenSSH on FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4, when used with OpenPAM, does not properly handle when a forked child process terminates during PAM authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client connection refusal) by connecting multiple times to the SSH server, waiting for the password prompt, then disconnecting. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: freebsd
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T16:48:56.801Z
Reserved: 2006-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2006-0883
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2006-03-07T02:02:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2006-0883
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