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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 4, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-5975

CVE-2012-5975

Description

The SSH USERAUTH CHANGE REQUEST feature in SSH Tectia Server 6.0.4 through 6.0.20, 6.1.0 through 6.1.12, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, and 6.3.0 through 6.3.2 on UNIX and Linux, when old-style password authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session involving entry of blank passwords, as demonstrated by a root login session from a modified OpenSSH client with an added input_userauth_passwd_changereq call in sshconnect2.c.

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Affected products

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  • SSH/Tectia Server35 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 34 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.20.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ssh:tectia_server:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • SSH Tectia/SSH Tectia Client and Serverllm-fuzzy
    Range: >=6.0.4, <=6.3.2

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