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CVE-2008-0132
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2008-01-08 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-400
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.
Affected products
- Pragmasys Fortress Ssh: before 5.0; 5.0-build4_revision293 — fixed in 5.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Pragmasys Fortress Ssh 5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
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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