Buffer overflow in OpenSSH before 2.9.9, and 3.x before 3.2.1, with Kerberos/AFS support and KerberosTgtPassing or AFSTokenPassing…

Description

Buffer overflow in OpenSSH before 2.9.9, and 3.x before 3.2.1, with Kerberos/AFS support and KerberosTgtPassing or AFSTokenPassing enabled, allows remote and local authenticated users to gain privileges.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.1% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• openssh-sshd-kerberos-bo(8896) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20020420 OpenSSH Security Advisory (adv.token) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 4560 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20020419 OpenSSH 2.2.0 - 3.1.0 server contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
• 20020517 OpenSSH 3.2.2 released (fwd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20020426 Revised OpenSSH Security Advisory (adv.token) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 781 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20020419 OpenSSH 2.2.0 - 3.1.0 server contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20020429 TSLSA-2002-0047 - openssh (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 02:56 UTC.