CVE-2005-2797

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2797
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-06 17:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOpenSSH 4.0, and other versions before 4.2, does not properly handle dynamic port forwarding ("-D" option) when a listen address is not provided, which may cause OpenSSH to enable the GatewayPorts functionality.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - UnixWare update for openssh af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
OpenSSH DynamicForward Inadvertent GatewayPorts Activation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.53/SCOSA-2005.53.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
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
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mindrot.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - OpenSSH Two Security Issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch
www.osvdb.org/19142 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
'[OpenPKG-SA-2005.019] OpenPKG Security Advisory (openssh)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityTracker: OpenSSH May Unexpectedly Activate GatewayPorts and Also May Disclose GSSAPI Credentials in Certain Cases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - Avaya Intuity Audix Two OpenSSH Security Issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
1. Overview: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-11-25Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenSSH as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3 or 4.

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