CVE-2011-5000

Public on 2012-04-05
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description

The ssh_gssapi_parse_ename function in gss-serv.c in OpenSSH 5.8 and earlier, when gssapi-with-mic authentication is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value in a certain length field. NOTE: there may be limited scenarios in which this issue is relevant.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 openssh 2012-07-05 ALAS-2012-99

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P