CVE-2002-0083

Description

Off-by-one error in the channel code of OpenSSH 2.0 through 3.0.2 allows local users or remote malicious servers to gain privileges.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.58% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory caldera.com Vendor Advisory caldera.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory calderasystems.com Vendor Advisory linuxsecurity.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory freebsd.org Vendor Advisory linux-mandrake.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory openbsd.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0108.html broken link mailing list
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2002-SCO.10/CSSA-2002-SCO.10.txt vendor advisory broken link
http://www.osvdb.org/730 vdb entry broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4241 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101561384821761&w=2 mailing list
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.11/CSSA-2002-SCO.11.txt vendor advisory broken link
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3960 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-119 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_009_openssh_txt.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-012.0.txt vendor advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101586991827622&w=2 patch mailing list
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1937.html patch vendor advisory broken link
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000467 vendor advisory broken link
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-004.txt.asc vendor advisory broken link
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:13.openssh.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101553908201861&w=2 mailing list
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101552065005254&w=2 mailing list
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-019.php vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-043.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8383.php vdb entry broken link
http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/ssh_channelalloc.txt vendor advisory
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264657 broken link mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0060.html broken link mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2002-0083?
CVE-2002-0083 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2002-0083?
To fix CVE-2002-0083, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2002-0083 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2002-0083 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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