CVE-2006-0883

Published Mar 7, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0887 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
freebsd
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:48 PM
Reserved
Feb 24, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 7, 2006, 2:02 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:21 PM