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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200701-01 ] DenyHosts: Denial of Service |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: DenyHosts: Denial of Service (GLSA 200701-01)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: January 03, 2007
Bug(s): #157163
ID: 200701-01
Synopsis
DenyHosts does not correctly parse log entries, potentially causing a
remote Denial of Service.
Background
DenyHosts is designed to monitor SSH servers for repeated failed login
attempts.
Affected Packages
Package: app-admin/denyhosts
Vulnerable: < 2.6
Unaffected: >= 2.6
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that
DenyHosts used an incomplete regular expression to parse failed login
attempts.
Impact
A remote unauthenticated attacker can add arbitrary hosts to the
blacklist by attempting to login with a specially crafted username. An
attacker may use this to prevent legitimate users from accessing a host
remotely.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All DenyHosts users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/denyhosts-2.6" |
References
CVE-2006-6301
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