CVE-2001-1474 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SSH before 2.0 disables host key checking when connecting to the localhost, which allows remote attackers to silently redirect connections to the localhost by poisoning the client's DNS cache.

Published: 2005-04-21

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.24:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.25:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.26:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.27:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.28:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.29:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.30:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.31:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1454	SSH before 2.0 disables host key checking when connecting to the localhost, which allows remote attackers to silently redirect connections to the localhost by poisoning the client's DNS cache.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01471.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/786900
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6604

History

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Subscriptions

Ssh Ssh

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.156Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1474

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-01-18T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1474

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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