CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-5975

9.3 HIGH Published 2012-12-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-12-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

The SSH USERAUTH CHANGE REQUEST feature in SSH Tectia Server 6.0.4 through 6.0.20, 6.1.0 through 6.1.12, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.2 on UNIX and Linux, when old-style password authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session involving entry of blank passwords, as demonstrated by a root login session from a modified OpenSSH client with an added input_userauth_passwd_changereq call in sshconnect2.c.

Affected configurations

• ssh tectia server 6.0.4 • ssh tectia server 6.0.5 • ssh tectia server 6.0.6 • ssh tectia server 6.0.7 • ssh tectia server 6.0.8 • ssh tectia server 6.0.9 • ssh tectia server 6.0.10 • ssh tectia server 6.0.11 • ssh tectia server 6.0.12 • ssh tectia server 6.0.13 • ssh tectia server 6.0.14 • ssh tectia server 6.0.17 • ssh tectia server 6.0.18 • ssh tectia server 6.0.19 • ssh tectia server 6.0.20. • ssh tectia server 6.1.0 • ssh tectia server 6.1.1 • ssh tectia server 6.1.2 • ssh tectia server 6.1.3 • ssh tectia server 6.1.4 • ssh tectia server 6.1.5 • ssh tectia server 6.1.6 • ssh tectia server 6.1.7 • ssh tectia server 6.1.8 • ssh tectia server 6.1.9 • ssh tectia server 6.1.12 • ssh tectia server 6.2.0 • ssh tectia server 6.2.1 • ssh tectia server 6.2.2 • ssh tectia server 6.2.3 • ssh tectia server 6.2.4 • ssh tectia server 6.2.5 • ssh tectia server 6.3.0 • ssh tectia server 6.3.1 • ssh tectia server 6.3.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References