CVE-2001-1585 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass SSH authentication and access other user accounts by supplying a public key without proving private key possession.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-1585?
CVE-2001-1585 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 6 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SSH protocol 2 (aka SSH-2) public key authentication in the development snapshot of OpenSSH 2.3.1, available from 2001-01-18 through 2001-02-08, does not perform a challenge-response step to ensure that the client has the proper private key, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication as other users by supplying a public key from that user's authorized_keys file.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1585?
It affects 1 product.
Products include OpenSSH.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1585?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2001-1585 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1585 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenSSH
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3rg7-4f6m-6x73.