CVE-2005-2797 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

OpenSSH 4.0, and other versions before 4.2, does not properly handle dynamic port forwarding ("-D" option) when a listen address is not provided, which may cause OpenSSH to enable the GatewayPorts functionality.

Published: 2005-09-06

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2798	OpenSSH 4.0, and other versions before 4.2, does not properly handle dynamic port forwarding ("-D" option) when a listen address is not provided, which may cause OpenSSH to enable the GatewayPorts functionality.

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 0.00713.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.11/SCOSA-2006.11.txt
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.53/SCOSA-2005.53.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605977304049&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16686
http://secunia.com/advisories/18010
http://secunia.com/advisories/18661
http://secunia.com/advisories/19243
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014845
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-033.htm
http://www.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2005-September/000083.html
http://www.osvdb.org/19142
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14727

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openssh

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2005-09-06T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:45:02.273Z

Reserved: 2005-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2797

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-09-06T17:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2797

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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