CVE-2006-1206

Description

Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a large number of connection attempts that exceeds the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS defined value of 30.

Affected products

• Dropbear SSH Project / Dropbear SSH0.47

Exploits & proofs of concept

• exploit-dbDropbear / OpenSSH Server - 'MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS' Denial of Serviceby str0ke

References

• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426999/100/0/threaded
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17024
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25075
• MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015742