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.
Published: 2007-10-30
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5686 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.
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Denyhosts Denyhosts
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:39:13.743Z

Reserved: 2007-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5715

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-10-30T19:46:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-5715

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