CVE-2018-15599

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Debian
Status
Debian Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 August 2018

Summary

The recv_msg_userauth_request function in svr-auth.c in Dropbear through 2018.76 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability because username validity affects how fields in SSH_MSG_USERAUTH messages are handled, a similar issue to CVE-2018-15473 in an unrelated codebase.

References

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
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http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/...
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http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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