CVE-2006-1206

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Published Mar 14, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 11.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a large number of connection attempts that exceeds the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS defined value of 30.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1210	Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a large number of connection attempts that exceeds the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS defined value of 30.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 11.7% (11.671% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015742
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426999/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17024
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25075

History

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Subscriptions

Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:03 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 14, 2006, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:03 PM
Reserved: Mar 14, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:22 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 14, 2006, 1:06 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:22 PM

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