RE: URGENT SECURITY ADVISORY FOR SSH SECURE SHELL 3.0.0

[Jonathan A. Zdziarski]

Both 2.3.0 and 2.4.0 don't appear to be vulnerable on my system (Intel
Solaris 8).  3.0.0 *was* vulnerable, however, and I was able to easily
exploit the system.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jaime BENJUMEA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 12:27 PM
To: Stephanie Thomas
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: URGENT SECURITY ADVISORY FOR SSH SECURE SHELL 3.0.0



Stephanie Thomas wrote:

>
> A potential remote root exploit has been discovered
> in SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0, for Unix only, concerning
> accounts with password fields consisting of two or
> fewer characters. Unauthorized users could potentially
> log in to these accounts using any password, including
> an empty password.  This affects SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0
> for Unix only.  This is a problem with password

Does anybody know if previous versions (2.4) are also affected?