CVE-1999-1029 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh2:2.0.11:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1010	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00717.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92663402004280&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/277
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2193

History

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Subscriptions

Ssh Ssh2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.464Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1029

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-05-13T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1029

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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