CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-1273
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-04-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255
Description
pam_ssh 1.92 and possibly other versions, as used when PAM is compiled with USE=ssh, generates different error messages depending on whether the username is valid or invalid, which makes it easier for remote attackers to enumerate usernames.
Affected configurations
• andrew j.korty pam ssh 1.92
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263579 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34536 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34986 secunia.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00116.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00145.html www.redhat.com
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263579 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34536 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34986 secunia.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00116.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00145.html www.redhat.com