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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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 19243 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2005.019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 19142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 18661 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [openssh-unix-announce] 20050901 Announce: OpenSSH 4.2 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-033.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 14727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1014845 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 16686 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2798 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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