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CVE-2018-15599
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-08-21T01:29:00.350 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:42:49.183

Summary

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.

Affected products

debian — debian_linux

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References

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