CVE-2014-2653

medium
Published 2014-03-27 · Modified 2026-05-28
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The verify_host_key function in sshconnect.c in the client in OpenSSH 6.6 and earlier allows remote servers to trigger the skipping of SSHFP DNS RR checking by presenting an unacceptable HostCertificate.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:6.6p1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:6.6p1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:6.6p1-1
debian debiansidfixed1:6.6p1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:6.6p1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openbsdopenssh{"endIncluding":"6.6"}
openbsdopenssh6.0
openbsdopenssh6.1
openbsdopenssh6.2
openbsdopenssh6.3
openbsdopenssh6.4
openbsdopenssh6.5

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.