Mageia 6: MGASA-2018-0384 Moderate: Dropbear User Enumeration Issue
mageia
September 21, 2018
Dropbear is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability (CVE-2018-15599)
Summary
Dropbear is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability (CVE-2018-15599). An
external user without credentials can determine whether a given username
exists on a server.
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23493
- https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002108.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15599
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/dropbear-2017.75-1.1.mga6
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Publication date: 21 Sep 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0384.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-15599
Topics Covered
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