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CVE-2005-2798

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2798 describes a vulnerability in OpenSSH versions prior to 4.2, specifically when GSSAPIDelegateCredentials is enabled. This flaw allows GSSAPI credentials to be improperly delegated to clients using non-GSSAPI login methods, potentially exposing these credentials to unauthorized users or hosts. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it indicates a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1p1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0.1p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2p1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0.2p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0230 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openssh-0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2798Moderate

security flaw

Sep 1, 2005

References

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