CVE-2006-2421

HIGH 7.5CVE-2006-2421 · Published 17/05/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-2421 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting fortressssh (pragma systems).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.2%, higher than 88.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fortressssh pragma_systems	`≤ 4.0.7.20`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Pragma FortressSSH 4.0.7.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long SSH_MSG_KEXINIT messages, which may cause an overflow when being logged. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/20114 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/17991
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1820
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26498

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