High severity · published Mar 7, 2013
CVE-2010-5107
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…
7.5
CVSS
16.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)16.9% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openssh · Openbsd
through 6.1; 1.2; 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 1.2.3; 1.2.27; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5107
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-5107
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1591.html
www.openbsd.org
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/servconf.c?r1=1.234#rev1.234
www.openbsd.org
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5?r1=1.156#rev1.156
www.openbsd.org
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config?r1=1.89#rev1.89
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/07/3
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