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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10708
Category:Gain a shell remotely
Title:SSH 3.0.0
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

You are running SSH 3.0.0.

There is a bug in this release which allows any user
to log into accounts whose password entry is two chars
long or less.

An attacker may gain root privileges using this flaw

Solution :
Upgrade to version 3.0.1 of SSH which solves this problem.

Risk factor : High

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 3078
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2001-0553
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3078
Bugtraq: 20010720 URGENT SECURITY ADVISORY FOR SSH SECURE SHELL 3.0.0 (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0486.html
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#737451
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/737451
Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: L-121
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-121.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/586
XForce ISS Database: ssh-password-length-unauth-access(6868)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6868
CopyrightThis script is Copyright (C) 2001 Renaud Deraison

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