# CVE-2006-6302: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service by injecting arbitrary IP addresses into sshd logs, which fail2ban incorrectly parses into hosts.deny.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Dec 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j744-4wh9-3vxg

## What is CVE-2006-6302?

CVE-2006-6302 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

fail2ban 0.7.4 and earlier 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 versions are affected by CVE-2006-6302?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fail2ban Fail2ban.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-6302?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6302 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-6302 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2012-5642](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5642/): Command injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2007-4321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4321/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2021-32749](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32749/): Possible RCE vulnerability in mailing action using mailutils (mail-whois) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2013-7176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7176/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2013-7177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7177/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-6302 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-6302 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6302/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6302/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6302
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6302
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-6302

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6302/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.