CVE-2007-2243

Published Apr 25, 2007

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
OpenSSH 4.6 and earlier, when ChallengeResponseAuthentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of user accounts by attempting to authenticate via S/KEY, which displays a different response if the user account exists, a similar issue to CVE-2001-1483.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-287

Vendor comments

  • Red HatNot vulnerable. OpenSSH supplied with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5 does not contain S/KEY support.

Configurations