MediumFix available
openssh — security advisory
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
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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