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CVE-2008-4109 Detail

Description

A certain Debian patch for OpenSSH before 4.3p2-9etch3 on etch; before 4.6p1-1 on sid and lenny; and on other distributions such as SUSE uses functions that are not async-signal-safe in the signal handler for login timeouts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via multiple login attempts. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2006-5051.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/07/2017)

Not vulnerable. The patch used to fix CVE-2006-5051 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5 was complete and does not suffer from this problem.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498678
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1638 Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/01/3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020891
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45202

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4109
NVD Published Date:
09/18/2008
NVD Last Modified:
07/01/2024
Source:
MITRE