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CVE-2006-6302

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Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published12/6/2006

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

fail2ban:fail2ban

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157166(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/23237(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/24184(cve@mitre.org)

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-05.xml(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21469(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4877(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30739(cve@mitre.org)

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157166(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/23237(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/24184(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-05.xml(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21469(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4877(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30739(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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