VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-2285
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-05-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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.