Description
The ssh-vulnkey tool on Ubuntu Linux 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04 LTS does not recognize authorized_keys lines that contain options, which makes it easier for remote attackers to exploit CVE-2008-0166 by guessing a key that was not identified by this tool.
Published: 2008-05-18
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2282 The ssh-vulnkey tool on Ubuntu Linux 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04 LTS does not recognize authorized_keys lines that contain options, which makes it easier for remote attackers to exploit CVE-2008-0166 by guessing a key that was not identified by this tool.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-612-5 OpenSSH update
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:58:01.558Z

Reserved: 2008-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2285

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-18T14:20:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2285

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