CVE-2001-1585
SSH protocol 2 (aka SSH-2) public key authentication in the development snapshot of OpenSSH 2.3.1, available from 2001-01-18 through 2001-02-08, does not perform a challenge-response step to ensure that the client has the proper private key, which…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
SSH protocol 2 (aka SSH-2) public key authentication in the development snapshot of OpenSSH 2.3.1, available from 2001-01-18 through 2001-02-08, does not perform a challenge-response step to ensure that the client has the proper private key, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication as other users by supplying a public key from that user's authorized_keys file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.92% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- openbsd/openssh
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0159.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/2356Patch
- http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/ssh_bypass.txtPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6084
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0159.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/2356Patch
- http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/ssh_bypass.txtPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6084
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.