CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0872
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-12-21
- 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
OpenSSH 3.0.1 and earlier with UseLogin enabled does not properly cleanse critical environment variables such as LD_PRELOAD, which allows local users to gain root privileges.
Affected configurations
• openbsd openssh (<= 3.0.1)
• redhat linux 7.0
• redhat linux 7.1
• redhat linux 7.2
• suse suse linux 6.4
• suse suse linux 7.0
• suse suse linux 7.1
• suse suse linux 7.2
• suse suse linux 7.3
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-454 External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores weakness
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2001-042.1.txt ftp.caldera.com
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000446 distro.conectiva.com.br
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:092 frontal2.mandriva.com
- http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-announce/2001-Dec/0001.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100749779131514&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=100747128105913&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-026.shtml www.ciac.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-091 www.debian.org
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/157447 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/688 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-161.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3614 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0112-005 www1.itrc.hp.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7647 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2001-042.1.txt ftp.caldera.com
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000446 distro.conectiva.com.br
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:092 frontal2.mandriva.com
- http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-announce/2001-Dec/0001.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100749779131514&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=100747128105913&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-026.shtml www.ciac.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-091 www.debian.org
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/157447 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/688 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-161.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3614 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0112-005 www1.itrc.hp.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7647 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com