CVE-ID

CVE-2001-0572

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Description
The SSH protocols 1 and 2 (aka SSH-2) as implemented in OpenSSH and other packages have various weaknesses which can allow a remote attacker to obtain the following information via sniffing: (1) password lengths or ranges of lengths, which simplifies brute force password guessing, (2) whether RSA or DSA authentication is being used, (3) the number of authorized_keys in RSA authentication, or (4) the lengths of shell commands.
References
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20010727 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20010727)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(3) Baker, Cole, Williams
MODIFY(1) Frech
NOOP(4) Christey, Foat, Wall, Ziese
REVIEWING(1) Bishop
Comments (Legacy)
 Frech> XF:ssh-plaintext-length-field(6783)
 Christey> REDHAT:RHSA-2001:041
   (obsoletes REDHAT:RHSA-2001:033, according to Red Hat)
   TURBO:TLSA2001021
   URL:http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2001-May/000309.html
 Christey> CISCO:20010627 Multiple SSH Vulnerabilities
   http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/SSH-multiple-pub.html

Proposed (Legacy)
20010727
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