CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2001-0872

Published: Dec 21, 2001 | Modified: May 03, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

OpenSSH 3.0.1 and earlier with UseLogin enabled does not properly cleanse critical environment variables such as LD_PRELOAD, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openssh Openbsd * 3.0.1 (including)
Red Hat Linux 7.0 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RedHat *

References