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…

High · published March 7, 2013

CVSS v3.1

7.5

EPSS

17%

Percentile

97.0

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

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.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 7.5 · HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.16510 · 97.0th percentile
Published: 2013-03-07T20:00Z

EPSS history

Timeline

07 MAR 20:00Z
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…
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