Security
Security
A vulnerability in DenyHosts could allow a remote attacker to create a Denial of Service condition.
| Package | app-admin/denyhosts on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.6-r9 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.6-r9 |
DenyHosts is a script intended to be run by Linux system administrators to help thwart SSH server attacks.
DenyHosts does not properly define the regular expressions used when parsing SSH authentication logs.
A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a crafted login name.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All DenyHost users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/denyhosts-2.6-r9"
Release date
June 25, 2014
Latest revision
June 25, 2014: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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