CVE-2001-1585 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (SSH protocol 2 (aka SSH-2) public key authentication in the)
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 suppl
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-1585 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 6.8 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | CWE-287 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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