Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 6, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2797
CVE-2005-2797
Description
OpenSSH 4.0, and other versions before 4.2, does not properly handle dynamic port forwarding ("-D" option) when a listen address is not provided, which may cause OpenSSH to enable the GatewayPorts functionality.
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Affected products
2- Range: >=4.0 <4.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- secunia.com/advisories/16686nvdPatch
- www.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2005-September/000083.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.11/SCOSA-2006.11.txtnvd
- ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.53/SCOSA-2005.53.txtnvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18010nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18661nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19243nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-033.htmnvd
- www.osvdb.org/19142nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14727nvd
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