CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-6890

Improper Authentication

Published: Dec 23, 2013 | Modified: Dec 24, 2013
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

denyhosts 2.6 uses an incorrect regular expression when analyzing authentication logs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect block of IP addresses) via crafted login names.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Debian_linux Debian 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Debian_linux Debian 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Debian_linux Debian 7.1 (including) 7.1 (including)
Fedora Fedoraproject * *

Potential Mitigations

References