CVE-2006-1206
mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.117 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Matt Johnston Dropbear SSH server 0.47 and earlier, as used in embedded Linux devices and on general-purpose operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a large number of connection attempts that exceeds the MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS defined value of 30.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-1572Dropbear / OpenSSH Server - 'MAX_UNAUTH_CLIENTS' Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh≤ 0.47nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015742enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426999/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17024enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25075enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015742Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426999/100/0/threadednvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17024PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25075VDB Entrynvd
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