CVE-2008-0132 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 9% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-400 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-01-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pragmasys | fortress ssh |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Pragma Systems FortressSSH 5.0 - 'msvcrt.dll' Exception Handling Remote Denial of Service | 2008-01-04 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pragmassh-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/poc/pragmassh.zip
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119947184730448&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27141
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39354
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pragmassh-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/poc/pragmassh.zip
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119947184730448&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27141
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39354
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