CVE-2002-0083
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2002 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM UTC
11 products affected across 9 vendorsLinuxSUSE LinuxOpenSSH
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 15%
Description
Off-by-one error in the channel code of OpenSSH 2.0 through 3.0.2 allows local users or remote malicious servers to gain privileges.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.0 ≤ v < 3.1
Affected range stops below 3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:13.openssh.asc
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-004.txt.asc
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2002-SCO.10/CSSA-2002-SCO.10.txt
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.11/CSSA-2002-SCO.11.txt
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000467
References (23)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:13.openssh.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-004.txt.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2002-SCO.10/CSSA-2002-SCO.10.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.11/CSSA-2002-SCO.11.txtMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0108.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_VULNWATCHBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0060.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000467Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101552065005254&w=2CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-193
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