CVE-2017-2659
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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 of password attempts.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (2)
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- dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh< 2013.59nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (7)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2659cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2659cnnvd
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/d7784616409a#l1.86cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2659enisa_euvd
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/d7784616409a#l1.86enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2659Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/d7784616409a#l1.86PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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