CVE-2019-25590
Axessh 4.2 Denial of Service via Log File Name
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Mar 22, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 23, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 22, 2026
Description
Axessh 4.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the logging configuration that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the log file name field. Attackers can enable session logging, paste a buffer of 500 or more characters into the log file name parameter, and trigger a crash when establishing a telnet connection.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1282 Assumed-Immutable Data is Stored in Writable Memory
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
AxesshLabf |
|
References
- ExploitDB-46858exploit
- Official Product Homepageproduct
- Product Referenceproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: Axessh 4.2 Denial of Service via Log File Namethird-party-advisory
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