Vulnerability CVE-2001-1474
Published: 2001-01-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
SSH -> SSH 

 References:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/786900
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6604
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