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OpenSSH Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is running OpenSSH and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to sshd uses world-writable permissions for TTY devices.
Affected Software
Affected Software
OpenSSH versions 6.8 and 6.9.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to OpenSSH version 7.0 or later.