CVE-2008-4109

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

A certain Debian patch for OpenSSH before 4.3p2-9etch3 on etch; before 4.6p1-1 on sid and lenny; and on other distributions such as SUSE uses functions that are not async-signal-safe in the signal handler for login timeouts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via multiple login attempts. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2006-5051.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 18, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-4109: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix