Vulnerability CVE-2001-1476


Published: 2001-01-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
SSH before 2.0, with RC4 encryption and the "disallow NULL passwords" option enabled, makes it easier for remote attackers to guess portions of user passwords by replaying user sessions with certain modifications, which trigger different messages depending on whether the guess is correct or not.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
SSH -> SSH 

 References:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/565052
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6490

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