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CVE-2002-1360 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle str)

Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle strings with null characters in them when the string length is specified by a length field, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code due to interactions with the use of null-terminated strings as implement

CVE IDCVE-2002-1360
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score10.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWECWE-20
StatusModified
Published2002-12-23
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionMultiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle strings with null characters in them when the string length is specified by a length field, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code due to interactions with the use of null-terminated strings as implemented using languages such as C, as demonstrated by the SSHredder SSH protocol test suite.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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