Gentoo: GLSA 200707-13 Normal: Fail2ban Denial of Service

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200707-13 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Fail2ban: Denial of Service Date: July 28, 2007 Bugs: #181214 ID: 200707-13

Synopsis ======= Fail2ban is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.
Background ========= Fail2ban is a tool for parsing log files and banning IP addresses which make too many password failures.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/fail2ban < 0.8.0-r1 >= 0.8.0-r1
========== A vulnerability has been discovered in Fail2ban when parsing log files.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could send specially crafted SSH login banners to the vulnerable host, which would prev...