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CVE-2008-2285

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-05-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The ssh-vulnkey tool on Ubuntu Linux 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04 LTS does not recognize authorized_keys lines that contain options, which makes it easier for remote attackers to exploit CVE-2008-0166 by guessing a key that was not identified by this tool.

Affected Platforms

Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-310

References