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SSH < 3.0.1 Locked Account Remote Authentication Bypass

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1983

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a flaw which allows for the bypassing of authentication.

Description

The remote host is running SSH 3.0.0. There is a vulnerability in this release which allows any user to log into accounts that have passwords of two characters long or less. An attacker may gain root privileges using this flaw.

Solution

Upgrade to SSH 3.0.1 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1983

Family: SSH

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 10708

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ssh:secure_shell

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0553

BID: 3078