CVE-2001-1459

published 2001-06-19

CVE-2001-1459: 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…

Priority P4 27 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

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.

Affected

13 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	openssh	< openssh 1:3.0.1p1-1 (bookworm)	openssh 1:3.0.1p1-1 (bookworm)
openbsd	openssh	—	—
openbsd	openssh	—	—
openbsd	openssh	—	—
openbsd	openssh	—	—
openbsd	openssh	—	—
openbsd	openssh	—	—
openbsd	openssh	—	—
openbsd	openssh	—	—
openbsd	openssh	>= 0 < 1:3.0.1p1-1	1:3.0.1p1-1
openbsd	openssh	>= 0 < 1:3.0.1p1-1	1:3.0.1p1-1
openbsd	openssh	>= 0 < 1:3.0.1p1-1	1:3.0.1p1-1
openbsd	openssh	>= 0 < 1:3.0.1p1-1	1:3.0.1p1-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

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