CVE-2001-1585

OpenSSH 2.3.1 - Improper Authentication via Public Key Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

SSH protocol 2 (aka SSH-2) public key authentication in the development snapshot of OpenSSH 2.3.1, available from 2001-01-18 through 2001-02-08, does not perform a challenge-response step to ensure that the client has the proper private key, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication as other users by supplying a public key from that user's authorized_keys file.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0159.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6084
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/2356

Scores

EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 57.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
openbsd/openssh 2.3.1
Published Dec 31, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026