CVE

Id
3385  
CVE No.
CVE-2001-0572  
Status
Candidate  
Description
The SSH protocols 1 and 2 (aka SSH-2) as implemented in OpenSSH and other packages have various weaknesses which can allow a remote attacker to obtain the following information via sniffing: (1) password lengths or ranges of lengths, which simplifies brute force password guessing, (2) whether RSA or DSA authentication is being used, (3) the number of authorized_keys in RSA authentication, or (4) the lengths of shell commands.  
Phase
Proposed (20010727)  
Votes
ACCEPT(3) Baker, Cole, Williams | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(4) Christey, Foat, Wall, Ziese | REVIEWING(1) Bishop  
Comments
Frech> XF:ssh-plaintext-length-field(6783) | Christey> REDHAT:RHSA-2001:041 | (obsoletes REDHAT:RHSA-2001:033, according to Red Hat) | TURBO:TLSA2001021 | URL:http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2001-May/000309.html | Christey> CISCO:20010627 Multiple SSH Vulnerabilities | http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/SSH-multiple-pub.html