| Name | CVE-2011-5000 |
| Description | The ssh_gssapi_parse_ename function in gss-serv.c in OpenSSH 5.8 and earlier, when gssapi-with-mic authentication is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value in a certain length field. NOTE: there may be limited scenarios in which this issue is relevant. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:6.7p1-5+deb8u10 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:7.4p1-10+deb9u6 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:7.4p1-10+deb9u9 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u4 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.9p1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | source | squeeze | 1:5.5p1-6+squeeze4 | |||
| openssh | source | (unstable) | 1:5.9p1-1 |
looking at the code an additional integer overflow check was added in at least 5.9