CVE-2008-0852 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting freeSSHd version 1.2 and earlier. A remote attacker can crash the SSH server by sending a specially crafted SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS packet, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication, resulting in a partial impact on availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a public exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freesshd:freesshd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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