CVE-1999-1029

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

SSH server (sshd2) before 2.0.12 does not properly record login attempts if the connection is closed before the maximum number of tries, allowing a remote attacker to guess the password without showing up in the audit logs.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

SSH Communications Security SSH2

First reported 25 years ago

1999-05-13 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-19 02:29:00

Affected Software

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.1

2.0.1

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.2

2.0.2

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.3

2.0.3

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.4

2.0.4

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.5

2.0.5

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.6

2.0.6

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.7

2.0.7

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.8

2.0.8

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.9

2.0.9

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.10

2.0.10

SSH Communications Security SSH2 2.0.11

2.0.11

References

19990513 - J.J.F. / Hackers Team warns for SSHD 2.x brute force password hacking

277

Patch, Vendor Advisory

ssh2-bruteforce(2193)

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