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CVE-2019-25590

Published: Mar 22, 2026

Modified: Mar 23, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.2

MEDIUM

Description

Axessh 4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the logging configuration that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the log file name field. Attackers can enable session logging, paste a buffer of 500 or more characters into the log file name parameter, and trigger a crash when establishing a telnet connection.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Labf	Axessh	affected `4.2`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

ExploitDB-46858

exploit

Official Product Homepage

product

Product Reference

product

VulnCheck Advisory: Axessh 4.2 Denial of Service via Log File Name

third-party-advisory

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