Denial of Service Vulnerability in OpenSSH 5.8 and Earlier with gssapi-with-mic Authentication

CVE-2011-5000 · LOW Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

The ssh_gssapi_parse_ename function in gss-serv.c in OpenSSH 5.8 and earlier, when gssapi-with-mic authentication is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value in a certain length field. NOTE: there may be limited scenarios in which this issue is relevant.

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