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CVE-2001-1459

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
19/06/2001
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

OpenSSH 2.9 and earlier does not initiate a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) session if commands are executed with no pty, which allows local users to bypass resource limits (rlimits) set in pam.d.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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