Detections
Analytics
CVE-2006-6301
high
Description
DenyHosts 2.5 does not properly parse sshd log files, which allows remote attackers to add arbitrary hosts to the /etc/hosts.deny file and cause a denial of service by adding arbitrary IP addresses to the sshd log file, as demonstrated by logging in via ssh with a login name containing certain strings with an IP address, which is not properly handled by a regular expression.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30761
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4876
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21468
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-01.xml