Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 7, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0883
CVE-2006-0883
Description
OpenSSH on FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4, when used with OpenPAM, does not properly handle when a forked child process terminates during PAM authentication, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client connection refusal) by connecting multiple times to the SSH server, waiting for the password prompt, then disconnecting.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
8- securitytracker.com/idnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16892nvdPatch
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0805nvdVendor Advisory
- ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:09.openssh.ascnvd
- bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cginvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/520nvd
- www.osvdb.org/23797nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25116nvd
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