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CVE-2008-0132
Pragma FortressSSH 5.0 Build 4 Revision 293 and earlier handles long input to sshd.exe by creating an error-message window and waiting for…
Medium5.0EPSS 9.0%
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- mitre
Description
Pragma FortressSSH 5.0 Build 4 Revision 293 and earlier handles long input to sshd.exe by creating an error-message window and waiting for the administrator to click in this window before terminating the sshd.exe process, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a flood of SSH connections with long data objects, as demonstrated by (1) a long list of keys and (2) a long username.
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)
- 9.0% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (3 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
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 27141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://aluigi.org/poc/pragmassh.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- fortressssh-sshd-dos(39354) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080104 Some DoS in some telnet servers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pragmassh-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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