VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0386

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability5.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-07-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

OpenSSH 3.6.1 and earlier, when restricting host access by numeric IP addresses and with VerifyReverseMapping disabled, allows remote attackers to bypass "from=" and "user@host" address restrictions by connecting to a host from a system whose reverse DNS hostname contains the numeric IP address.

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