CVE-2018-15599

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2018.76-4`
sid	Fixed	`2018.76-4`
forky	Fixed	`2018.76-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`2018.76-4`
bookworm	Fixed	`2018.76-4`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-15599

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.