CVE-2006-1206

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a large number of connection attempts that exceeds the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS defined value of 30.

Affected products

[UNKNOWN] dropbear: through 0.47

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015742
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426999/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17024
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25075
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015742
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426999/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17024
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25075

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