Information Exposure Affecting openssh-portable package, versions [,4.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.93% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSSHPORTABLE-2319269
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed10 Oct 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Oct 2006

CVE-2006-5229  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for openssh-portable.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. OpenSSH portable 4.1 on SUSE Linux, and possibly other platforms and versions, and possibly under limited configurations, allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via timing discrepancies in which responses take longer for valid usernames than invalid ones, as demonstrated by sshtime. NOTE: as of 20061014, it appears that this issue is dependent on the use of manually-set passwords that causes delays when processing /etc/shadow due to an increased number of rounds.

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