Skip to content
Heist/ feed
Back to feed
UnratedFix available

openssh — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924

sshd in OpenSSH before 4.4, when using the version 1 SSH protocol, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an SSH packet that contains duplicate blocks, which is not properly handled by the CRC compensation attack detector.

Products
openssh
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:4.3p2-4
CVEs
CVE-2006-4924
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:11 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Sept 2006, 01:07 UTC

sshd in OpenSSH before 4.4, when using the version 1 SSH protocol, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an SSH packet that contains duplicate blocks, which is not properly handled by the CRC compensation attack detector.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924

openssh

Fixed versions: 1:4.3p2-4

openssh

Fixed versions: 1:4.3p2-4

openssh

Fixed versions: 1:4.3p2-4

Complete source record
{
  "id": "f69b51f02535f70c9ca3433aa980119a7a2c7431e0b93e31c25a16893d33e5d3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924",
    "summary": "sshd in OpenSSH before 4.4, when using the version 1 SSH protocol, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an SSH packet that contains duplicate blocks, which is not properly handled by the CRC compensation attack detector.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "openssh",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:4.3p2-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "openssh",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:4.3p2-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "openssh",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:4.3p2-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:4.3p2-4"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openssh",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:4.3p2-4"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openssh",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:4.3p2-4"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openssh",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/openssh?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4924.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:22.578845591Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2006-4924"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4924"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2006-4924",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410361,
  "published_at": "2006-09-27T01:07:00+00:00"
}