CVE-2010-5107
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 16.9%EU EUVD
The default configuration of OpenSSH through 6.1 enforces a fixed time limit between establishing a TCP connection and completing a login, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection-slot exhaustion) by periodically making many new TCP connections.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400
- EPSS score
- 16.9% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-5067)
- Published
- March 7, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-5067 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on May 29, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openbsd / openssh
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References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1591.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/servconf.c?r1=1.234#rev1.234
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5?r1=1.156#rev1.156
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config?r1=1.89#rev1.89
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/07/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58162
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908707
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19515
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19595
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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