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CVE-2006-0883

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2006-03-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

OpenSSH on FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4, when used with OpenPAM, does not properly handle when a forked child process terminates during PAM authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client connection refusal) by connecting multiple times to the SSH server, waiting for the password prompt, then disconnecting.

Affected Platforms

Freebsd FreebsdOpenbsd Openssh

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References