CVE-2012-5975
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 4, 2012
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 21, 2012
Description
The SSH USERAUTH CHANGE REQUEST feature in SSH Tectia Server 6.0.4 through 6.0.20, 6.1.0 through 6.1.12, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.2 on UNIX and Linux, when old-style password authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session involving entry of blank passwords, as demonstrated by a root login session from a modified OpenSSH client with an added input_userauth_passwd_changereq call in sshconnect2.c.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 23082exploit
- 20121203 Re: SSH.com Communications SSH Tectia Authentication Bypass Remote Zeroday Exploit (king cope)mailing-list
- 20121201 SSH.com Communications SSH Tectia Authentication Bypass Remote Zeroday Exploitmailing-list
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/ssh/tectia_passwd_changereq.rb
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