CVE-2001-0572 describes multiple information leakage vulnerabilities within SSH protocols 1 and 2, affecting implementations such as OpenSSH. A remote attacker can exploit these weaknesses through sniffing to determine password lengths, authentication methods (RSA/DSA), the number of authorized_keys, or the lengths of shell commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require authentication, allowing for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its age and high risk score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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