CVE-2001-1459 Security feature bypass in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-1459 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2001-1459 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 21 Apr 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1459 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: OpenSSH. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1459/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1459/index.md)
Local users can bypass PAM resource limits by executing commands without a PTY in OpenSSH.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2001-1459?
CVE-2001-1459 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 21 Apr 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1459?
It affects 1 product.
Products include OpenSSH.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1459?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2001-1459 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1459 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenSSH
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2001-1459, GHSA-m88g-p7vr-7qr7.