CVE-2010-5107 (GCVE-0-2010-5107)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-03-07 20:00
Modified
2026-05-29 20:32
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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