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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- OpenSSH 2.x/3.x - Kerberos 4 TGT/AFS Token Buffer Overflow EDB-21402 · remote · Apr 19, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- openssh-sshd-kerberos-bo(8896) vdb-entry
- 20020420 OpenSSH Security Advisory (adv.token) mailing-list
- 4560 vdb-entry
- 20020419 OpenSSH 2.2.0 - 3.1.0 server contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow mailing-list
- 20020517 OpenSSH 3.2.2 released (fwd) mailing-list
- 20020426 Revised OpenSSH Security Advisory (adv.token) mailing-list
- 781 vdb-entry
- 20020419 OpenSSH 2.2.0 - 3.1.0 server contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow mailing-list
- 20020429 TSLSA-2002-0047 - openssh mailing-list