CVE-2019-7639

Summary

CVECVE-2019-7639
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-08 11:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in gsi-openssh-server 7.9p1 on Fedora 29. If PermitPAMUserChange is set to yes in the /etc/gsissh/sshd_config file, logins succeed with a valid username and an incorrect password, even though a failure entry is recorded in the /var/log/messages file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Application Gsi-openssh Project Gsi-openssh 7.9 p1 All All
Application Gsi-openssh Project Gsi-openssh 7.9 p1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1673802 – CVE-2019-7639 gsi-openssh: enabling PermitPAMUserChange allows to login with the correct username and wrong password [fedora-all] MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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