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CVE-2008-4109

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 28.60%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-09-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-4109
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
28.60%
Debian

Original NVD 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.