| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| trixie, sid | 1:9.9p1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | source | woody | (not affected) | |||
| openssh | source | (unstable) | 1:3.8.1p1-4 |