CVE-2017-2659
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 20, 2019 at 08:44 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDropbear SSH
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2659x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/d7784616409a#l1.86CVSS
5.3MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-209CWE-287
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