CVE-2018-15599
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
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- dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh≤ 2018.76nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (15)
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- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002108.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002109.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGEScnnvd
- https://old.reddit.com/r/blackhat/comments/97ywnm/openssh_username_enumeration/e4e05n2/cnnvd
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002108.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002109.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00026.htmlenisa_euvd
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