CVE-2005-2797

published 2005-09-06

CVE-2005-2797: 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…

Priority P4 17 medium 5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C N I P A N

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	openssh	< openssh 1:4.2p1-1 (bookworm)	openssh 1:4.2p1-1 (bookworm)
openbsd	openssh	—	—
openbsd	openssh	>= 0 < 1:4.2p1-1	1:4.2p1-1
openbsd	openssh	>= 0 < 1:4.2p1-1	1:4.2p1-1
openbsd	openssh	>= 0 < 1:4.2p1-1	1:4.2p1-1
openbsd	openssh	>= 0 < 1:4.2p1-1	1:4.2p1-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

osv 5.0 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.0 LOW

vendor_redhat 5.0 MEDIUM

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