CVE-2011-5000 Information

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.

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0884.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Aug/2 http://site.pi3.com.pl/adv/ssh_1.txt