CVE-2002-0639
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 2, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSH
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 18%
Description
Integer overflow in sshd in OpenSSH 2.9.9 through 3.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during challenge response authentication (ChallengeResponseAuthentication) when OpenSSH is using SKEY or BSD_AUTH authentication.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-030.0.txt
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000502
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-134
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2177.html
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:040
References (17)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-030.0.txtMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0335.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000502Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102514371522793&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102514631524575&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102521542826833&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-18.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-134CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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