Vulnerability Details CVE-2007-4321
fail2ban 0.8 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 client protocol version identification containing an IP address string, a different vector than CVE-2006-6302.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.118
EPSS Ranking 93.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181214
- http://osvdb.org/42484
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28374
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-13.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1456
- http://www.ossec.net/en/attacking-loganalysis.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25117
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181214
- http://osvdb.org/42484
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28374
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-13.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1456
- http://www.ossec.net/en/attacking-loganalysis.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25117