CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-2666

1.2 LOW Published 2005-08-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-08-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.2 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-255

Description

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 user's account to generate a list of additional targets that are more likely to have the same password or key.

Affected configurations

• openbsd openssh 3.0 • openbsd openssh 3.0.1 • openbsd openssh 3.0.1p1 • openbsd openssh 3.0.2 • openbsd openssh 3.0.2p1 • openbsd openssh 3.0p1 • openbsd openssh 3.1 • openbsd openssh 3.1p1 • openbsd openssh 3.2 • openbsd openssh 3.2.2p1 • openbsd openssh 3.2.3p1 • openbsd openssh 3.3 • openbsd openssh 3.3p1 • openbsd openssh 3.4 • openbsd openssh 3.4p1 • openbsd openssh 3.5 • openbsd openssh 3.5p1 • openbsd openssh 3.6 • openbsd openssh 3.6.1 • openbsd openssh 3.6.1p1 • openbsd openssh 3.6.1p2 • openbsd openssh 3.7 • openbsd openssh 3.7.1 • openbsd openssh 3.7.1p2 • openbsd openssh 3.8 • openbsd openssh 3.8.1 • openbsd openssh 3.8.1p1 • openbsd openssh 3.9 • openbsd openssh 3.9.1 • openbsd openssh 3.9.1p1

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References