cve-2008-2285
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-05-18 14:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:58
Severity ?
Summary
The ssh-vulnkey tool on Ubuntu Linux 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04 LTS does not recognize authorized_keys lines that contain options, which makes it easier for remote attackers to exploit CVE-2008-0166 by guessing a key that was not identified by this tool.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-5
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42568
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42568
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