Description
Signal handler race condition in OpenSSH before 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code if GSSAPI authentication is enabled, via unspecified vectors that lead to a double-free.
Published: 2006-09-27
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: 2.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1189-1 New openssh-krb5 packages fix denial of service and potential execution of arbitrary code
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1212-1 New openssh packages fix denial of service
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1638-1 New openssh packages fix denial of service
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-355-1 openssh vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:22.openssh.asc cve-icon cve-icon
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2006-October/004051.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=115939141729160&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openssh.org/txt/release-4.4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22158 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22173 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22183 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22196 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22208 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22236 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22245 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22270 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22352 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22362 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22487 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22495 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22823 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22926 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23680 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/24799 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/24805 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06%3A22.openssh.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-06.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016940 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.592566 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=681763 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-216.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www-unix.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2007/04/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.arkoon.fr/upload/alertes/36AK-2006-07-FR-1.0_FAST360_OPENSSH.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.arkoon.fr/upload/alertes/43AK-2006-09-FR-1.0_SSL360_OPENSSH.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1189 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1212 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/851340 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:179 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_62_openssh.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#ssh cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.022-openssh.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/01/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/28/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/29264 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0697.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0698.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20241 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-355-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4018 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4329 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1332 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29254 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5051 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11387 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5051 cve-icon
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/28/3 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server
Debian Debian Linux
Openbsd Openssh
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:32:23.380Z

Reserved: 2006-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5051

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-27T23:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5051

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-5051 - Bugzilla

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