SB2017100901 - Denial of service in OpenSSH
Published: October 9, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017100901
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to a flaw in the process_open() function in sftp-server. A remote attacker can trigger creation of zero-length files and cause the service to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.