CVE-2003-1562
sshd in OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 and earlier, when PermitRootLogin is disabled and using PAM keyboard-interactive authentication, does not insert a delay after a root login attempt with the correct password,
02 Description
sshd in OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 and earlier, when PermitRootLogin is disabled and using PAM keyboard-interactive authentication, does not insert a delay after a root login attempt with the correct password,
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
- 5.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.6% 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
- Low. 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
- 2008-08-04 10:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 19:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1de6f9feb7fadc57b8f9c4458c4e6a8b2b622a6b810c9c7dcd2fa71be5545baf
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20030501 Re: OpenSSH/PAM timing attack allows remote users identificationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320153
- www.securityfocus.com20030501 Re: OpenSSH/PAM timing attack allows remote users identificationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320302
- www.securityfocus.com7482http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7482
- www.securityfocus.com20030505 Re: OpenSSH/PAM timing attack allows remote users identificationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320440
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248747
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssh Fixed in 1:3.8.1p1-8.sarge.4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssh Fixed in 1:3.8.1p1-8.sarge.4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssh Fixed in 1:3.8.1p1-8.sarge.4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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