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dropbear — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1206

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.

Products
dropbear
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.48-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-1206
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1206

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Mar 2006, 01:06 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1206

dropbear

Fixed versions: 0.48-1

dropbear

Fixed versions: 0.48-1

dropbear

Fixed versions: 0.48-1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:32.395588405Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410808,
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