MGASA-2018-0384

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    MGASA-2018-0384

    Published: 21 Sept 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-15599

    Summary: Updated dropbear packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Dropbear is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability (CVE-2018-15599). An external user without credentials can determine whether a given username exists on a server.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0384.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23493, http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2018q3/002108.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dropbear

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dropbear?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2017.75-1.1.mga6

    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