CVE-2012-5975

EPSS 35.9%

The SSH USERAUTH CHANGE REQUEST feature in SSH Tectia Server 6.0.4 through 6.0.20, 6.1.0 through 6.1.12, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.2 on UNIX and Linux, when old-style password authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session involving entry of blank passwords, as demonstrated by a root login session from a modified OpenSSH client with an added input_userauth_passwd_changereq call in sshconnect2.c.

Affected products

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public PoCs found — 3

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/23082/unverified exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/23082unverified exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/23156unverified

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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-12/0013.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-12/0065.html https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/ssh/tectia_passwd_changereq.rb http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23082/