Resource exhaustion in Pragmasys Fortress SSH
CVE-2008-0132
Pragma FortressSSH 5.0 Build 4 Revision 293 and earlier handles long input to sshd.exe by creating an error-message window and waiting for the administrator to click in this window before terminating the sshd.exe process, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a flood of SSH connections with long data objects, as demonstrated by (1) a long list of keys and (2) a long username.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.090 (95.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.090 · newest: 0.090 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pragmasys Fortress SSH — versions 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27141 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- aluigi.org/poc/pragmassh.zip (Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39354 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pragmassh-adv.txt (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-0132?
- CVE-2008-0132 is a vulnerability in Pragmasys Fortress SSH, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. Published 2008-01-08.
- Is CVE-2008-0132 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.