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 cause OpenSSH to enable the GatewayPorts
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-09-06 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3fb3a6357791308342bba3bebf3b7eece42076c78a9815f32e4eb45865e2012c
05 Affected products
06 References
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2005.53ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.53/SCOSA-2005.53.txt
- secunia.com19243http://secunia.com/advisories/19243
- marc.infoOpenPKG-SA-2005.019http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605977304049&w=2
- www.osvdb.org19142http://www.osvdb.org/19142
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2006.11ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.11/SCOSA-2006.11.txt
- secunia.com18661http://secunia.com/advisories/18661
- secunia.com18010http://secunia.com/advisories/18010
- www.mindrot.org[openssh-unix-announce] 20050901 Announce: OpenSSH 4.2 releasedhttp://www.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2005-September/000083.html
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-033.htm
- www.securityfocus.com14727http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14727
- securitytracker.com1014845http://securitytracker.com/id?1014845
- secunia.com16686http://secunia.com/advisories/16686
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.2p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.2p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.2p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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