CVE-2003-1562 Information

Description

sshd in OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 and earlier when PermitRootLogin is disabled and using PAM keyboard-interactive authentication does not insert a delay after a root login attempt with the correct password which makes it easier for remote attackers to use timing differences to determine if the password step of a multi-step authentication is successful a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0190.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248747 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320153 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320302 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320440 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7482