Title : OpenSSH Privilege Separation Monitor Key Signature Authentication Bypass VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4399 CVE ID : CVE-2006-5794
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-11-08
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in OpenSSH, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This flaw is due to an error in the privilege separation monitor function "monitor_child_preauth()" [monitor.c] that fails to properly validate certain signatures, which could be exploited in combination with other vulnerabilities to weaken the authentication process.
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