CVE

Id
26122  
CVE No.
CVE-2007-2765  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20070518)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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