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FreeSSHd Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Wont Fix
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is running FreeSSHd and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error when processing certain requests and can be exploited to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted packet.
Affected Software
Affected Software
freeSSHd version 1.2.6.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.