CVE-2006-1206 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-1206

Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used...

Vulnerability Description

Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a large number of connection attempts that exceeds the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS defined value of 30.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

dropbear ssh
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 14th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.