Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0786
CVE-2003-0786
Description
The SSH1 PAM challenge response authentication in OpenSSH 3.7.1 and 3.7.1p1, when Privilege Separation is disabled, does not check the result of the authentication attempt, which can allow remote attackers to gain privileges.
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Affected products
3- Range: = 3.7.1, 3.7.1p1
Patches
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