CVE-2017-2659 MEDIUM

CVE-2017-2659

Vendor [Unknown]
Product dropbear
Weakness CWE-209 · Error message info leak
Published March 20, 2019
Last update August 5, 2024
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 20, 2019 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated