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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 18, 2001
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified