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Iconfidant SSH Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30590
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Release Date:
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2008-06-10
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Popularity:
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1,972 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Iconfidant SSH 2.x
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Iconfidant SSH, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) An error when processing SSH login packets can be exploited to cause a DoS via e.g. flooding the vulnerable system with a large amount of packets.
2) An error when processing SSH login packets while other management actions are being performed can be exploited to cause a DoS.
3) An error when processing SSH login packets can be exploited to cause a DoS via a specially crafted packet containing invalid authentication credentials.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 2.3.8.
Solution:
Update to version 2.3.8 (see vendor's advisory for more information).
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
Icon Labs:
http://www.icon-labs.com/news/read.asp?newsID=77
Other References:
US-CERT VU#626979:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/626979
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