CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0553

7.2 HIGH Published 2001-08-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-08-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0 on Unix systems does not properly perform password authentication to the sshd2 daemon, which allows local users to gain access to accounts with short password fields, such as locked accounts that use "NP" in the password field.

Affected configurations

• ssh secure shell 3.0.0

References