CVE-2003-0693
A "buffer management error" in buffer_append_space of buffer.c for OpenSSH before 3.7 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an incorrect amount of memory to be freed and
02 Description
A "buffer management error" in buffer_append_space of buffer.c for OpenSSH before 3.7 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an incorrect amount of memory to be freed and
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-09-17 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-08-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 267e2f9513a00cf2015b0b27f888407de71d6c77d82bee7411b7f0d6dd6800f5
05 Affected products
06 References
- sunsolve.sun.com1000620http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000620.1-1
- lists.grok.org.uk20030915 new ssh exploit?http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010103.html
- marc.info20030917 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.040] OpenPKG Security Advisory (openssh)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381409220492&w=2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssh-packet-bo(13191)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13191
- www.debian.orgDSA-383http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-383
- marc.info20030916 [slackware-security] OpenSSH Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-01)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374466212309&w=2
- www.openssh.comhttp://www.openssh.com/txt/buffer.adv
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:280http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-280.html
- www.cert.orgCA-2003-24http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-24.html
- lists.grok.org.uk20030915 openssh remote exploithttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010135.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:2719https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2719
- marc.info2003-0033http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381396120332&w=2
- lists.grok.org.uk20030916 The lowdown on SSH vulnerabilityhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010146.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-382http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-382
- marc.info20030916 OpenSSH Buffer Management Bug Advisoryhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106373247528528&w=2
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2003:090http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:090
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:447https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A447
- marc.infoRHSA-2003:279http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106373546332230&w=2
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#333628http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/333628
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240701 CVE-2024-6387: RCE in OpenSSH's server, on glibc-based Linux systemshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/01/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssh Fixed in 1:3.6.1p2-6.0
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssh Fixed in 1:3.6.1p2-6.0
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssh Fixed in 1:3.6.1p2-6.0
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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