CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-1562

7.6 HIGH Published 2003-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-362

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, which makes it easier for remote attackers to use timing differences to determine if the password step of a multi-step authentication is successful, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0190.

Affected configurations

• openbsd openssh 1.2 • openbsd openssh 1.2.1 • openbsd openssh 1.2.2 • openbsd openssh 1.2.3 • openbsd openssh 1.2.27 • openbsd openssh 1.3 • openbsd openssh 1.5 • openbsd openssh 1.5.7 • openbsd openssh 1.5.8 • openbsd openssh 2 • openbsd openssh 2.1 • openbsd openssh 2.1.1 • openbsd openssh 2.2 • openbsd openssh 2.3 • openbsd openssh 2.3.1 • openbsd openssh 2.5 • openbsd openssh 2.5.1 • openbsd openssh 2.5.2 • openbsd openssh 2.9 • openbsd openssh 2.9.9 • openbsd openssh 2.9.9p2 • openbsd openssh 2.9p1 • openbsd openssh 2.9p2 • openbsd openssh 3.0 • openbsd openssh 3.0.1 • openbsd openssh 3.0.1p1 • openbsd openssh 3.0.2 • openbsd openssh 3.0.2p1 • openbsd openssh 3.0p1 • openbsd openssh 3.1 • openbsd openssh 3.1p1 • openbsd openssh 3.2 • openbsd openssh 3.2.2 • openbsd openssh 3.2.2p1 • openbsd openssh 3.2.3p1 • openbsd openssh 3.3 • openbsd openssh 3.3p1 • openbsd openssh 3.4 • openbsd openssh 3.4p1 • openbsd openssh 3.5 • openbsd openssh 3.5p1 • openbsd openssh 3.6 • openbsd openssh 3.6.1 • openbsd openssh 3.6.1p1 • openbsd openssh 3.6.1p2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References