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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-2666

Published: Aug 23, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
1.2 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2666
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/255.html

SSH, as implemented in OpenSSH before 4.0 and possibly other implementations, stores hostnames, IP addresses, and keys in plaintext in the known_hosts file, which makes it easier for an attacker that has compromised an SSH users account to generate a list of additional targets that are more likely to have the same password or key.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpensshOpenbsd3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.0.1p1 (including)3.0.1p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.0.2p1 (including)3.0.2p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.0p1 (including)3.0p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.1 (including)3.1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.1p1 (including)3.1p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.2 (including)3.2 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.2.2p1 (including)3.2.2p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.2.3p1 (including)3.2.3p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.3 (including)3.3 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.3p1 (including)3.3p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.4 (including)3.4 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.4p1 (including)3.4p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.5 (including)3.5 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.5p1 (including)3.5p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.6 (including)3.6 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.6.1 (including)3.6.1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.6.1p1 (including)3.6.1p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.6.1p2 (including)3.6.1p2 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.7 (including)3.7 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.7.1 (including)3.7.1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.7.1p2 (including)3.7.1p2 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.8 (including)3.8 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.8.1 (including)3.8.1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.8.1p1 (including)3.8.1p1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.9 (including)3.9 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.9.1 (including)3.9.1 (including)
OpensshOpenbsd3.9.1p1 (including)3.9.1p1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatopenssh-0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.20*
OpensshUbuntudevel*

References

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