keyinit in S/Key does not require authentication to initialize a one-time password sequence, which allows an attacker who has gained privileges to a user account to create new one-time passwords for use in other activities that may use S/Key authentication, such as sudo.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-15T05:00:00

Updated: 2002-03-22T10:00:00

Reserved: 2002-03-15T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2001-1169

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2001-09-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:25:51.657


Link: CVE-2001-1169

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