CVE-2001-1469 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The RC4 stream cipher as used by SSH1 allows remote attackers to modify messages without detection by XORing the original message's cyclic redundancy check (CRC) with the CRC of a mask consisting of all the bits of the original message that were modified.

Published: 2005-04-21

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.24:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.25:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.26:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.27:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.28:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.29:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.30:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.31:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1449	The RC4 stream cipher as used by SSH1 allows remote attackers to modify messages without detection by XORing the original message's cyclic redundancy check (CRC) with the CRC of a mask consisting of all the bits of the original message that were modified.

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 0.00492.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/25309
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6449

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ssh Ssh

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.406Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1469

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-01-18T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-1469

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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