CVE - CVE-2007-2765

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-2765	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
blockhosts.py in BlockHosts before 2.0.3 does not properly parse daemon log files, which allows remote attackers to add arbitrary deny entries to the /etc/hosts.allow file and cause a denial of service by adding arbitrary IP addresses to a daemon log file, as demonstrated by logging in through ssh using a login name containing certain strings with an IP address, which is not properly handled by a regular expression, a related issue to CVE-2006-6301.
References
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BID:24090 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24090 CONFIRM:http://www.aczoom.com/tools/blockhosts/CHANGES OSVDB:36516 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/36516~~ (Obsolete source) SECUNIA:25352 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/25352 VUPEN:ADV-2007-1906 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1906~~ (Obsolete source) XF:blockhosts-daemonlog-dos(34426) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34426
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070518	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070518)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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