CVE-2005-2666 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2005-2666

SSH, as implemented in OpenSSH before 4.0 and possibly other...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openssh
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.1p1, 3.0.2, 3.0.2p1, 3.0p1, 3.1, 3.1p1, 3.2, 3.2.2p1, 3.2.3p1, 3.3, 3.3p1, 3.4, 3.4p1, 3.5, 3.5p1, 3.6, 3.6.1, 3.6.1p1, 3.6.1p2, 3.7, 3.7.1, 3.7.1p2, 3.8, 3.8.1, 3.8.1p1, 3.9, 3.9.1, 3.9.1p1

Timeline

Official Publish: August 23rd, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.