CVE-2003-1562

Published Dec 31, 2003

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
sshd in OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 and earlier, when PermitRootLogin is disabled and using PAM keyboard-interactive authentication, does not insert a delay after a root login attempt with the correct password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to use timing differences to determine if the password step of a multi-step authentication is successful, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0190.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.6
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
4.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-362

Vendor comments

  • Red HatThe risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3 which is in maintenance mode.

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