denyhosts 2.6 uses an incorrect regular expression when analyzing authentication logs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect block of IP addresses) via crafted login names.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2826-1 denyhosts security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2826-2 denyhosts regression update
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:53:44.689Z

Reserved: 2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6890

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-12-23T22:55:03.050

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-6890

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