CVE-2008-2285

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

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.

Affected products

Ubuntu Linux: 7.04, 7.10, 8.04

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-5
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42568
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-5
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42568

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