What is CVE-2017-2659?

CVE-2017-2659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dropbear_ssh_project Dropbear_ssh, classified under Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-2659?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Dropbear_ssh_project Dropbear_ssh

CVE-2017-2659

It was found that dropbear before version 2013.59 with GSSAPI leaks whether given username is valid or invalid. When an invalid username is given, the GSSAPI authentication failure was incorrectly counted towards the maximum allowed number…

EPSS: 0.015 (71.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Dropbear_ssh_project Dropbear_ssh
[Unknown] Dropbear — versions fixed in 2013.59

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2659?: CVE-2017-2659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dropbear_ssh_project Dropbear_ssh, classified under Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-2659?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.