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CVE-2001-1459

Published: Jun 19, 2001 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1459
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openssh Openbsd 2.1 (including) 2.1 (including)
Openssh Openbsd 2.1.1 (including) 2.1.1 (including)
Openssh Openbsd 2.2 (including) 2.2 (including)
Openssh Openbsd 2.3 (including) 2.3 (including)
Openssh Openbsd 2.5 (including) 2.5 (including)
Openssh Openbsd 2.5.1 (including) 2.5.1 (including)
Openssh Openbsd 2.5.2 (including) 2.5.2 (including)
Openssh Openbsd 2.9 (including) 2.9 (including)

References

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