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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15473

OpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying bailout for an invalid authenticating user until after the packet containing the request has been fully parsed, related to auth2-gss.c, auth2-hostbased.c, and auth2-pubkey.c.

Products
openssh
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:7.7p1-4
CVEs
CVE-2018-15473
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15473

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Aug 2018, 19:29 UTC

OpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying bailout for an invalid authenticating user until after the packet containing the request has been fully parsed, related to auth2-gss.c, auth2-hostbased.c, and auth2-pubkey.c.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15473

openssh

Fixed versions: 1:7.7p1-4

openssh

Fixed versions: 1:7.7p1-4

openssh

Fixed versions: 1:7.7p1-4

Complete source record
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