CVE-2006-0883
EPSS 2.0%
Description
OpenSSH on FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4, when used with OpenPAM, does not properly handle when a forked child process terminates during PAM authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client connection refusal) by connecting multiple times to the SSH server, waiting for the password prompt, then disconnecting.
How to fix CVE-2006-0883
To remediate CVE-2006-0883, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openssh—upgrade to 1:3.8.1p1-4 or later
Is CVE-2006-0883 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:3.8.1p1-4