CVE-2014-2653

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The verify_host_key function in sshconnect.c in the client in OpenSSH 6.6 and earlier allows remote servers to trigger the skipping of SSHFP DNS RR checking by presenting an unacceptable HostCertificate.

Affected products

OpenSSH: through 6.6; 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0166.html
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssh_advisory4.asc
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134026.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133537.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576985122836&w=2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/7
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1552.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0425.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59855
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2894
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:068
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:095

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