CVE-2010-5107 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1591.html http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/servconf.c?r1=1.234rev1.234 http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5?r1=1.156rev1.156 http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config?r1=1.89rev1.89 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/07/3 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58162 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908707 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A19515 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A19595