CVE-2018-15473

Summary

CVECVE-2018-15473
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-17 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-23 23:13:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying bailout for an invalid authenticating user until after the packet containing the request has been fully parsed, related to auth2-gss.c, auth2-hostbased.c, and auth2-pubkey.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Netapp Aff Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Aff Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Operating System Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Operating System Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Operating System Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Operating System Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Hardware Netapp Cn1610 - All All All
Hardware Netapp Cn1610 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Cn1610 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Netapp Cn1610 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Netapp Data Ontap - All All All
Operating System Netapp Data Ontap - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Fas Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Fas Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy - All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy - All All All
Application Netapp Service Processor - All All All
Application Netapp Service Processor - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Application Netapp Storage Replication Adapter All All All All
Application Netapp Storage Replication Adapter All All All All
Application Netapp Vasa Provider All All All All
Application Netapp Vasa Provider All All All All
Application Netapp Virtual Storage Console All All All All
Application Netapp Virtual Storage Console All All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh All All All All
Application Oracle Sun Zfs Storage Appliance Kit 8.8.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Hardware Siemens Scalance X204rna - All All All
Operating System Siemens Scalance X204rna Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory CONFIRM psirt.global.sonicwall.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - OpenSSH Username Enumeration MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
OpenSSH Authentication Attempt Processing Lets Remote Users Determine Valid Usernames on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
OpenSSH 2.3 < 7.4 - Username Enumeration (PoC) EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2018-15473 OpenSSH Username Enumeration Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
OpenSSH < 7.7 - User Enumeration (2) - Linux remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
delay bailout for invalid authenticating user until after the packet · openbsd/src@779974d · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA-1474-1] openssh security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#906236 - openssh: CVE-2018-15473: delay bailout for invalid authenticating user until after the packet - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
OpenSSH 2.3 < 7.7 - Username Enumeration EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4280-1 openssh DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
OpenSSH CVE-2018-15473 User Enumeration Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
OpenSSH: User enumeration vulnerability (GLSA 201810-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
USN-3809-1: OpenSSH vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296091 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 6.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
  • 377465 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for openssh (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0085)
  • 378326 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for openssh (VZLSA-2019:0711)
  • 378878 Citrix XenServer Security Updates (CTX272237)
  • 500486 Alpine Linux Security Update for openssh
  • 504245 Alpine Linux Security Update for openssh
  • 591280 Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices Denial of Service (DoS) Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-349-21, SSA-412672)
  • 751241 OpenSUSE Security Update for ssh-audit (openSUSE-SU-2021:1383-1)
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