CVE-2009-3340 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in FreeSSHD via unspecified vectors, affecting availability of the SSH service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-3340?
CVE-2009-3340 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Sep 2009. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in FreeSSHD 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.11. NOTE: as of 20090917, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the VulnDisco Pack author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3340?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freesshd Freesshd.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3340?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3340 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-2009-3340 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3340 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xxv2-p56v-rf8g.