OpenSSH 4.0, and other versions before 4.2, does not properly handle dynamic port forwarding ("-D" option) when a listen address is not provided, which may cause OpenSSH to enable the GatewayPorts functionality
Published Sep 6, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.20%
Description
OpenSSH 4.0, and other versions before 4.2, does not properly handle dynamic port forwarding ("-D" option) when a listen address is not provided, which may cause OpenSSH to enable the GatewayPorts functionality.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenSSH as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3 or 4.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02204) | 81.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02204) | 80.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.71% (0.00713) | 70.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 77.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2024 | 0.93% (0.00932) | 82.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00932) | 80.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.11/SCOSA-2006.11.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.53/SCOSA-2005.53.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605977304049&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16686 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18010 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18661 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19243 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014845 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-033.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2005-September/000083.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/19142 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14727 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2797 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2797
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2797
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