CVE-2005-2666

Summary

CVE	CVE-2005-2666
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2005-08-23 04:00:00 UTC
Updated	2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
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.

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

Access Vector

Local

Access Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.0	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.0.1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.0.1p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.0.2	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.0.2p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.0p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.1p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.2	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.2.2p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.2.3p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.3	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.3p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.4	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.4p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.5	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.5p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.6	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.6.1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.6.1p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.6.1p2	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.7	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.7.1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.7.1p2	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.8	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.8.1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.8.1p1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.9	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.9.1	All	All	All
Application	Openbsd	Openssh	3.9.1p1	All	All	All

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Repository / Oval Repository	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - SCO OpenServer update for OpenSSH	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.11/SCOSA-2006.11.txt	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	ftp.sco.com
NMS @ MIT CSAIL: Secure Shell Shock	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	nms.csail.mit.edu	Patch
Page not found \| eWEEK	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.eweek.com
Red Hat Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com
Support	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.redhat.com
Page not found \| eWEEK	MITRE	www.eweek.com
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

Organization	Published	Contributor	Statement
Red Hat	2006-09-20	Joshua Bressers	Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162681 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.