5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.5%
freeSSHd is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
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#
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900960");
script_version("2022-05-09T13:48:18+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-09 13:48:18 +0000 (Mon, 09 May 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-01 12:15:29 +0200 (Thu, 01 Oct 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3340");
script_name("freeSSHd Pre-Authentication Error Remote DoS Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36235");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.intevydis.com/blog/?p=57");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/36506");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Sep/1022811.html");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_freesshd_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/ssh", 22);
script_mandatory_keys("freeSSHd/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attack could allow attackers to crash application to cause
denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"freeSSHd version 1.2.4 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an unspecified pre-authentication error.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to freeSSHd version 1.2.6 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"freeSSHd is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
sshdVer = get_kb_item("freeSSHd/Ver");
if(sshdVer)
{
if(version_is_less_equal(version:sshdVer, test_version:"1.2.4")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sshdVer, vulnerable_range:"Less than or equal to 1.2.4");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
}