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CVE-2005-2798

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

sshd in OpenSSH before 4.2, when GSSAPIDelegateCredentials is enabled, allows GSSAPI credentials to be delegated to clients who log in using non-GSSAPI methods, which could cause those credentials to be exposed to untrusted users or hosts.

Affected products

• OpenSSH: 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.1p1, 3.0.2, 3.0.2p1, 3.0p1 (+26)

References

• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16686
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17077
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17245
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18010
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18406
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18507
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18661
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014845
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-016.htm

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