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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-0640

Buffer overflow in sshd in OpenSSH 2.3.1 through 3.3 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of responses during challenge response authentication when OpenBSD is using PAM modules with interactive keyboard authentication…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 27.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in sshd in OpenSSH 2.3.1 through 3.3 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of responses during challenge response authentication when OpenBSD is using PAM modules with interactive keyboard authentication (PAMAuthenticationViaKbdInt).

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
27.32% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
openbsd/openssh
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.