CVE-2001-1459

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99324968918628&w=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797027Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2917Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6757
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99324968918628&w=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797027Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2917Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6757

Timeline

Published: Jun 19, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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