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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-23T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:45:01.578Z

Reserved: 2005-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2666

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-08-23T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2023-11-07T01:57:40.687

Link: CVE-2005-2666

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2005-07-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2666 - Bugzilla