Vulnerability: SSH 2.0 Allows Silent Connection Redirection via DNS Cache Poisoning

CVE-2001-1474 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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