SSH-1 < 1.2.31 SSH Daemon Account Login Attempt Logging Failure

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1981

Synopsis

The remote host may give an attacker information useful for future attacks.

Description

The remote SSH daemon does not log repeated login attempts, which allows an attacker to set up a brute force attack to guess the user accounts/passwords of on this host.

Solution

Upgrade to SSH 1.2.31 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 1981

Family: SSH

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 11341

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ssh:ssh

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0471

BID: 2345

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