CVE-2005-2666
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2666
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2005-2666.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2005-2666
- Downstream
- Published
- 2005-08-23T04:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/19243
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- http://nms.csail.mit.edu/projects/ssh/
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.11/SCOSA-2006.11.txt
- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C1815795%2C00.asp
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0257.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10201