CVE-2006-1206 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server versions 0.47 and earlier, affecting embedded Linux devices and general-purpose operating systems. Attackers can exhaust connection slots by initiating numerous connection attempts exceeding the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS limit of 30. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available through ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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