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OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2010-5107

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OpenSSH Vulnerability: CVE-2010-5107

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/07/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/18/2013
Modified
11/30/2016

Description

The default configuration of OpenSSH through 6.1 enforces a fixed time limit between establishing a TCP connection and completing a login, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection-slot exhaustion) by periodically making many new TCP connections.

Solution(s)

  • openbsd-openssh-upgrade-latest

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