FKIE_CVE-2001-1459

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2001-06-19 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
OpenSSH 2.9 and earlier does not initiate a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) session if commands are executed with no pty, which allows local users to bypass resource limits (rlimits) set in pam.d.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99324968918628&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797027Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2917Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6757
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99324968918628&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797027Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2917Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6757
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openbsd openssh 2.1
openbsd openssh 2.1.1
openbsd openssh 2.2
openbsd openssh 2.3
openbsd openssh 2.5
openbsd openssh 2.5.1
openbsd openssh 2.5.2
openbsd openssh 2.9
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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