CVE-2008-0132
Pragma FortressSSH 5.0 Build 4 Revision 293 and earlier handles long input to sshd.exe by creating an error-message window and waiting for the administrator to click in this window before terminating the sshd.exe process, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) via a flood of SSH connections with long data objects, as demonstrated by (1) a long list of keys and (2) a long username.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400
- EPSS score
- 9.0% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0145)
- Published
- January 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0145 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pragmasys / fortress ssh
- pragmasys / fortress ssh
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pragmassh-adv.txt(Third Party Advisory)
- http://aluigi.org/poc/pragmassh.zip(Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119947184730448&w=2(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27141(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39354(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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