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CVE-2010-5107

Published: Mar 7, 2013

Modified: May 29, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

The default configuration of OpenSSH through 6.1 enforces a fixed time limit between establishing a TCP connection and completing a login, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection-slot exhaustion) by periodically making many new TCP connections.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/servconf.c?r1=1.234#rev1.234

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config?r1=1.89#rev1.89

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908707

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vdb-entry

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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html

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http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5?r1=1.156#rev1.156

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[oss-security] 20130206 Re: CVE id request: openssh?

mailing-list

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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19595

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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19515

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