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CVE-2006-5794

Published: Nov 08, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5794
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Unspecified vulnerability in the sshd Privilege Separation Monitor in OpenSSH before 4.5 causes weaker verification that authentication has been successful, which might allow attackers to bypass authentication. NOTE: as of 20061108, it is believed that this issue is only exploitable by leveraging vulnerabilities in the unprivileged process, which are not known to exist.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpensshOpenbsd*4.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatopenssh-0:3.6.1p2-33.30.13*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatopenssh-0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1*
OpensshUbuntudapper*
OpensshUbuntuedgy*

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