THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-0132
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0132

Fortress Ssh vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
9.0%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Pragmasys
Affected product
Fortress Ssh
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2008-01-08

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 9.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0132

  • Confirm whether Pragmasys Fortress Ssh is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0132.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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