National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2002-1357

Overview

Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle packets or data elements with incorrect length specifiers, which may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by the SSHredder SSH protocol test suite.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#389665

Name: VU#389665

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/389665

CERT/CC Advisory: CA-2002-36

Name: CA-2002-36

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-36.html

External Source: XF

Name: ssh-transport-length-bo(10868)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/10868

External Source: BID

Name: 6405

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6405

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1005813

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1005813

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1005812

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1005812

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5849

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5849

External Source: VULNWATCH

Name: 20021216 R7-0009: Vulnerabilities in SSH2 Implementations from Multiple Vendors

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0110.html