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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/d7784616409a#l1.86 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2659 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2019-03-21 08:59
Updated : 2019-10-09 16:27
NVD link : CVE-2017-2659
Mitre link : CVE-2017-2659
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-287
Improper Authentication
Products Affected
dropbear_ssh_project
- dropbear_ssh