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CVE-2006-4925
packet.c in ssh in OpenSSH allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending an invalid protocol sequence with…
Medium5.0EPSS 15.0%
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- redhat
Description
packet.c in ssh in OpenSSH allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending an invalid protocol sequence with USERAUTH_SUCCESS before NEWKEYS, which causes newkeys[mode] to be NULL.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.0% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 23038 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061005 rPSA-2006-0185-1 gnome-ssh-askpass openssh openssh-client openssh-server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-681 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22298 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/packet.c.diff?r1=1.144&r2=1.145&f=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22495 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060927 rPSA-2006-0174-1 gnome-ssh-askpass openssh openssh-client openssh-server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 22245 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-661 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148228 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:179 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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