CVE-1999-0248

Summary

CVE-1999-0248 is a vulnerability affecting SSH version 1.2.17, which involves a race condition in the authentication agent mechanism of sshd. An attacker can exploit this issue to steal another user's credentials by interrupting the authentication process at a specific point. This vulnerability could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information or systems. It is important for system administrators using affected versions of SSH to apply the available patch or upgrade to a secure version to mitigate this risk.

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