medium5.3
CVE-2018-15599
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…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
| Dropbear Ssh Project | Dropbear Ssh | through 2018.76 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002108.html
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002109.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00026.html
- https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
- https://old.reddit.com/r/blackhat/comments/97ywnm/openssh_username_enumeration/e4e05n2/
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002108.html
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002109.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00026.html
- https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
- https://old.reddit.com/r/blackhat/comments/97ywnm/openssh_username_enumeration/e4e05n2/