VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-1474
SSH before 2.0 disables host key checking when connecting to the localhost, which allows remote attackers to silently redirect connections to the localhost by poisoning the client's DNS cache.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.17%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
SSH before 2.0 disables host key checking when connecting to the localhost, which allows remote attackers to silently redirect connections to the localhost by poisoning the client's DNS cache.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.17% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ssh/ssh
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/786900Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6604
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/786900Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6604
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.