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CVE-2004-2069

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

sshd.c in OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 and 3.7.1p2 and possibly other versions, when using privilege separation, does not properly signal the non-privileged process when a session has been terminated after exceeding the LoginGraceTime setting, which leaves the connection open and allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection consumption).

Affected Platforms

Openbsd Openssh

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References