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DenyHosts 2.6 processes OpenSSH sshd "not listed in AllowUsers" log messages with an incorrect regular expression that does not match an IP address, which might allow remote attackers to avoid detection and blocking when making invalid login attempts with a username not present in AllowUsers, as demonstrated by the root username, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4323

Published Oct 30, 2007

Description

DenyHosts 2.6 processes OpenSSH sshd "not listed in AllowUsers" log messages with an incorrect regular expression that does not match an IP address, which might allow remote attackers to avoid detection and blocking when making invalid login attempts with a username not present in AllowUsers, as demonstrated by the root username, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4323.

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-16

References (3)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 30, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 30, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5715
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2007-5715
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2007-5715