Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-2285 First vendor Publication 2008-05-18
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-08-08

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2285

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17535
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17535
Title: USN-612-5 -- openssh update
Description: Matt Zimmerman discovered that entries in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys with options (such as "no-port-forwarding" or forced commands) were ignored by the new ssh-vulnkey tool introduced in OpenSSH (see USN-612-2).
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-612-5
CVE-2008-2285
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Product(s): openssh
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for openssh update USN-612-5
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_612_5.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : USN-612-1 through USN-612-11: OpenSSL vulnerability (openssl)
File : nvt/ubuntu_usn-612.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
45503 Ubuntu Linux ssh-vulnkey authorized_keys Unspecified Options Key Guessing Wea...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-05-16 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-612-5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

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

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