DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2659

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2659

    Published: 21 Mar 2019Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2659

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2659

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dropbear

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/dropbear?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2013.60-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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