CVE-2005-2798

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    CVE-2005-2798

    Published: 6 Sept 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: sshd in OpenSSH before 4.2, when GSSAPIDelegateCredentials is enabled, allows GSSAPI credentials to be delegated to clients who log in using non-GSSAPI methods, which could cause those credentials to be exposed to untrusted users or hosts.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/16686, http://secunia.com/advisories/17077, http://secunia.com/advisories/17245, http://secunia.com/advisories/18010, http://secunia.com/advisories/18406, http://secunia.com/advisories/18507, http://secunia.com/advisories/18661, http://secunia.com/advisories/18717, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:172, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0144, http://secunia.com/advisories/16686, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.53/SCOSA-2005.53.txt, http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1014845, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-016.htm, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-033.htm, http://www.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2005-September/000083.html, http://www.osvdb.org/19141, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-527.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421411/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14729, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24064, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1345, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1566, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9717, https://usn.ubuntu.com/209-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High