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CVE-2001-1474

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2001-01-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Ssh Ssh

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References