CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-1999-1085
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
3.21%
Original NVD Description
SSH 1.2.25, 1.2.23, and other versions, when used in in CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) or CFB (Cipher Feedback 64 bits) modes, allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary data into an existing stream between an SSH client and server by using a known plaintext attack and computing a valid CRC-32 checksum for the packet, aka the "SSH insertion attack."