CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-15599

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2018-08-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-08-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

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.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 8.0 • dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh (<= 2018.76)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References