CVE-1999-0248 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A race condition in the authentication agent mechanism of sshd 1.2.17 allows an attacker to steal another user's credentials.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00407.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ssh	Ssh

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-0248	A race condition in the authentication agent mechanism of sshd 1.2.17 allows an attacker to steal another user's credentials.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://oliver.efri.hr/~crv/security/bugs/mUNIXes/ssh2.html
http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ig25/ssh-faq/ssh-faq-6.html#ss6.1

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:34:51.869Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-0248

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-01-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-0248

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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