CVE-2017-2659

Medium

Description

It was found that dropbear before version 2013.59 with GSSAPI leaks whether given username is valid or invalid. When an invalid username is given, the GSSAPI authentication failure was incorrectly counted towards the maximum allowed number of password attempts.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductDropbear Ssh
PublishedMar 21, 2019
First seenMar 21, 2019
Weakness typeCWE-209CWE-209

How to fix

Update
  • dropbear_ssh_project dropbear_ssh2013.59 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
dropbear_ssh_project dropbear_sshv < 2013.592013.59

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