CVE-2001-1459 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2001-1459

OpenSSH 2.9 and earlier does not initiate a Pluggable Authentication...

Vulnerability Description

OpenSSH 2.9 and earlier does not initiate a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) session if commands are executed with no pty, which allows local users to bypass resource limits (rlimits) set in pam.d.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openssh
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1, 2.1.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.9

Timeline

Official Publish: April 21st, 2005
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.