CVE-2008-0132 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service by flooding SSH connections with long data, forcing the server to wait for administrator interaction to terminate processes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0132?
CVE-2008-0132 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jan 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Pragma FortressSSH 5.0 Build 4 Revision 293 and earlier handles long input to sshd.exe by creating an error-message window and waiting for the administrator to click in this window before terminating the sshd.exe process, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a flood of SSH connections with long data objects, as demonstrated by (1) a long list of keys and (2) a long username.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0132?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pragmasys Fortress Ssh.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0132?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0132 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-0132 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-0132 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h2v6-g6vj-68hg.