CVE-2004-2760 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2004-2760 Interim 1 3 2021-06-09T08:32:39Z current 2021-05-30T12:31:29Z 2021-06-09T08:32:39Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z CVE-2004-2760 sshd in OpenSSH 3.5p1, when PermitRootLogin is disabled, immediately closes the TCP connection after a root login attempt with the correct password, but leaves the connection open after an attempt with an incorrect password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess the password by observing the connection state, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0190. NOTE: it could be argued that in most environments, this does not cross privilege boundaries without requiring leverage of a separate vulnerability. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings sshd in OpenSSH 3.5p1, when PermitRootLogin is disabled, immediately closes the TCP connection after a root login attempt with the correct password, but leaves the connection open after an attempt with an incorrect password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess the password by observing the connection state, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0190. NOTE: it could be argued that in most environments, this does not cross privilege boundaries without requiring leverage of a separate vulnerability. CVE-2004-2760 moderate 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P