CVE-2001-1474

medium

Description

SSH before 2.0 disables host key checking when connecting to the localhost, which allows remote attackers to silently redirect connections to the localhost by poisoning the client's DNS cache.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6604

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2001-1454

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/786900

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-01-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N