CVE-2008-0852

Public Exploit

Description

freeSSHd 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS packet to TCP port 22, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 5.38% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29002	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0591	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488363/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freesshdnull-adv.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27845	vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0852?: CVE-2008-0852 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0852?: To fix CVE-2008-0852, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0852 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-0852 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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