CVE-2006-6302 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in fail2ban versions 0.7.4 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to manipulate sshd log parsing by injecting arbitrary IP addresses into the log file, leading to the addition of these IPs to /etc/hosts.deny. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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