CVE-2001-0553

Summary

CVECVE-2001-0553
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-08-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-10 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionSSH Secure Shell 3.0.0 on Unix systems does not properly perform password authentication to the sshd2 daemon, which allows local users to gain access to accounts with short password fields, such as locked accounts that use "NP" in the password field.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ssh Secure Shell 3.0.0 All All All
Application Ssh Secure Shell 3.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SSH Secure Shell Remote Root Exploit Vulnerability CIAC www.ciac.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#737451 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Page Not Found. Sorry about that! CONFIRM www.ssh.com
404 Not Found OSVDB www.osvdb.org
SSH Short Password Login Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - URGENT SECURITY ADVISORY FOR SSH SECURE SHELL 3.0.0 - From [email protected] BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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