CVE-2003-0386

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0386
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-07-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOpenSSH 3.6.1 and earlier, when restricting host access by numeric IP addresses and with VerifyReverseMapping disabled, allows remote attackers to bypass "from=" and "user@host" address restrictions by connecting to a host from a system whose reverse DNS hostname contains the numeric IP address.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for openssh - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for openssh - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Download Patch ESX-3069097 for VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMWare ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#978316 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Download Patch ESX-9986131 for VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ASA-2006-174 (RHSA-2006-0298) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Apple - Lists.apple.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
OpenSSH Reverse DNS Lookup Access Control Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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