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CVE-2018-15599

Published: Aug 21, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES

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http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002109.html

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http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002108.html

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[debian-lts-announce] 20180827 [SECURITY] [DLA 1476-1] dropbear security update

mailing-list

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https://old.reddit.com/r/blackhat/comments/97ywnm/openssh_username_enumeration/e4e05n2/

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