CVE-2018-15599

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability86. percentile2.7%
ProductDropbear Ssh
PublishedAug 21, 2018
First seenAug 21, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
dropbear_ssh_project dropbear_sshv ≤ 2018.76—
debian debian_linux8.0—

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