CVE-2006-0393 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

OpenSSH in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or determine account existence by attempting to log in using an invalid user, which causes the server to hang.

Published: 2006-08-03

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0400	OpenSSH in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or determine account existence by attempting to log in using an invalid user, which causes the server to hang.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00988.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016672
http://www.osvdb.org/27745
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28147

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-08-03T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:34:14.677Z

Reserved: 2006-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0393

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-03T01:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0393

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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