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CVE-2011-5000
Published: Apr 4, 2012
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20110801 Useless OpenSSH resources exhausion bug via GSSAPI
mailing-list
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RHSA-2012:0884
vendor-advisory
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http://site.pi3.com.pl/adv/ssh_1.txt
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