CVE-2007-0726

Mac Os X vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

3.9%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

The SSH key generation process in OpenSSH in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by connecting to the server before SSH has finished creating keys, which causes the keys to be regenerated and can break trust relationships that were based on the original keys.

Affected vendor

Apple

Affected product

Mac Os X

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2007-03-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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