CVE-2001-1459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-04-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1439	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02158.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99324968918628&w=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797027
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2917
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6757

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openssh

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.181Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1459

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-06-19T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:56:19.030

Link: CVE-2001-1459

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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