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CVE-2005-2797

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• OpenSSH: 4.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605977304049&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16686
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18010
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18661
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19243
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014845
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-033.htm
• http://www.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2005-September/000083.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/19142
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14727

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