CVE-2005-2666 (GCVE-0-2005-2666)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-08-23 04:00
Modified
2024-08-07 22:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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