Vulnerability in Openbsd Openssh

CVE-2003-1562

sshd in OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 and earlier, when PermitRootLogin is disabled and using PAM keyboard-interactive authentication, does not insert a delay after a root login attempt with the correct password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to use timing differences to determine if the password step of a multi-step authentication is successful, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0190.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.056 (92.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2003-1562?
CVE-2003-1562 is a vulnerability in Openbsd Openssh, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). Published 2003-12-31.
Is CVE-2003-1562 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.