CVE-2006-6302

Published Dec 6, 2006

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "8B6A500D-6B1A-44B7-879B-EB83141C2E7B",
            "versionEndIncluding": "0.7.4"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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