ID CVE-2001-1459
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.5 (as of 11-07-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
refmap via4
bid 2917
bugtraq 20010619 pam session
cert-vn VU#797027
xf openssh-rsh-bypass-pam(6757)
Last major update 11-07-2017 - 01:29
Published 19-06-2001 - 04:00
Last modified 11-07-2017 - 01:29
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