CVE-2006-6302 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01224.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fail2ban Subscribe	Fail2ban Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6285	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157166
http://secunia.com/advisories/23237
http://secunia.com/advisories/24184
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

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-06T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:19:35.257Z

Reserved: 2006-12-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6302

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-12-06T19:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6302

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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