CVE-2003-1120 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in SSH Tectia Server 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 for Unix, when the password change plugin (ssh-passwd-plugin) is enabled, allows local users to obtain the server's private key.

Published: 2005-03-12

Score: 3.7 Low

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:4.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:4.0.4:::::::*

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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-2003-1110	Race condition in SSH Tectia Server 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 for Unix, when the password change plugin (ssh-passwd-plugin) is enabled, allows local users to obtain the server's private key.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00168.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/11193
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Mar/1009532.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/814198
http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=4491
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9956
http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/520/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15585

History

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Subscriptions

Ssh Tectia Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-12T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:36.130Z

Reserved: 2005-03-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1120

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-1120

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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