Description
The SSH USERAUTH CHANGE REQUEST feature in SSH Tectia Server 6.0.4 through 6.0.20, 6.1.0 through 6.1.12, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.2 on UNIX and Linux, when old-style password authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session involving entry of blank passwords, as demonstrated by a root login session from a modified OpenSSH client with an added input_userauth_passwd_changereq call in sshconnect2.c.
Published: 2012-12-04
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 25.7% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Linux Linux Kernel
Ssh Tectia Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:37:22.733Z

Reserved: 2012-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5975

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-04T23:55:00.973

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5975

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