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Lysator LSH remote Denial of Service (DoS)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for the remote LSH version

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running Lysator's LSH, a version of Secure Shell
(SSH) which is available for Unix-like platforms.
This version of LSH is reported vulnerable to a Denial of Service
attack.

A possible hacker can exploit this issue by sending a malformed key exchange
message.

Solution : Upgrade to LSH 2.0.1 or later

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 12829

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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