CVE-2014-2653
Public on 2014-03-27
Modified on 2014-09-19
Description
It was discovered that OpenSSH clients did not correctly verify DNS SSHFP records. A malicious server could use this flaw to force a connecting client to skip the DNS SSHFP record check and require the user to perform manual host verification of the DNS SSHFP record.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | openssh | 2014-07-09 | ALAS-2014-369 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |