GSD-2018-15599

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22
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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.
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CVE-2018-15599
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