CVE-2008-0852

N/A Unknown
Published: February 21, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

freeSSHd 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS packet to TCP port 22, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freesshdnull-adv.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29002
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488363/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27845
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0591
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freesshdnull-adv.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29002
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488363/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27845
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0591
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.2%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

freesshd