CVE-2013-4175 Denial of service in MySecureShell

Medium 5.5 Published 23 Jan 2020 Updated 6 Aug 2024

A local denial of service vulnerability in MySecureShell allows attackers to disrupt service availability.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2013-4175?

CVE-2013-4175 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in MySecureShell, published on 23 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

MySecureShell 1.31 has a Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4175?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mysecureshell Project Mysecureshell.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4175?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4175 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-2013-4175 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4175 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

CVE-2013-4176 Information disclosure in mysecureshell Medium 5.5

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f49p-qq99-xjf6.