OpenSSH's UseLogin option allows remote access with root privilege.

Markus Friedl markus.friedl at informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Sat Jun 10 01:56:18 EST 2000


> Is OpenBSD with "UseLogin yes" vulnerable or not (even though it's not
> default)?

all systems running OpenSSH with UseLogin=yes are vulnerable.

however, it was not possible for me to make this

	$ ssh openbsdhost id

work on OpenBSD+OpenSSH+UseLogin.





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