CVE-1999-1085 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SSH 1.2.25, 1.2.23, and other versions, when used in in CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) or CFB (Cipher Feedback 64 bits) modes, allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary data into an existing stream between an SSH client and server by using a known plaintext attack and computing a valid CRC-32 checksum for the packet, aka the "SSH insertion attack."

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.2% 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:secure_shell:1.2.23:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:secure_shell:1.2.25:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1066	SSH 1.2.25, 1.2.23, and other versions, when used in in CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) or CFB (Cipher Feedback 64 bits) modes, allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary data into an existing stream between an SSH client and server by using a known plaintext attack and computing a valid CRC-32 checksum for the packet, aka the "SSH insertion attack."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03161.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103125884&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525878&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/1126.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/13877

History

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Subscriptions

Ssh Secure Shell

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.700Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1085

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-06-12T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1085

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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