CVE-2018-15599 (GCVE-0-2018-15599)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-21 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:01
VLAI
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2271 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2018-08-20 00:00
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