CVE-2007-5715

Published Oct 30, 2007

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

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

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-16

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:denyhosts:denyhosts:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "672AF5F3-AAAD-4F43-A83D-F5F81AD1DBA8"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References