CVE-2006-6302

CVE-2006-6302 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

fail2ban 0.7.4 and earlier does not properly parse sshd log files, which allows remote attackers to add arbitrary hosts to the /etc/hosts.deny file and cause a denial of service by adding arbitrary IP addresses to the sshd log file, as demonstrated by logging in via ssh with a login name containing certain strings with an IP address.

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