CVE-2003-1562

Summary

CVECVE-2003-1562
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionsshd 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2.27 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.5.7 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.5.8 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.1.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.3.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.5.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.5.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9.9p2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9p2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0.2p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.2.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.2.2p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.2.3p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.3p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.4 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.4p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.5p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.6 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.6.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.6.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.6.1p2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenSSH Remote Root Authentication Timing Side-Channel Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cert-portal.siemens.com
#248747 - sshd: no delay on successful root login with permitroot = no - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-08-11Joshua BressersThe 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.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591280 Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices Denial of Service (DoS) Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-349-21, SSA-412672)
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