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Gentoo: GLSA-200710-14 Normal: DenyHosts Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey October 13, 2007
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The DenyHosts app in Gentoo Linux has a critical parsing flaw that can expose systems to remote denial of service risks. Immediate action is advised
DenyHosts does not correctly parse log entries, potentially causing a remote Denial of Service.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200710-14
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: DenyHosts: Denial of Service
      Date: October 13, 2007
      Bugs: #181213
        ID: 200710-14


Synopsis
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DenyHosts does not correctly parse log entries, potentially causing a
remote Denial of Service.

Background
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DenyHosts is designed to monitor SSH servers for repeated failed login
attempts.

Affected packages
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     Package              /  Vulnerable  /                  Unaffected
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  1  app-admin/denyhosts      < 2.6-r1                       >= 2.6-r1

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Daniel B. Cid discovered that DenyHosts used an incomplete regular
expression to parse failed login attempts, a different issue ...
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