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CVE-2006-5052 Detail

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in portable OpenSSH before 4.4, when running on some platforms, allows remote attackers to determine the validity of usernames via unknown vectors involving a GSSAPI "authentication abort."


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/24/2009)

This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3. This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0703.html and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0540.html respectively.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=115939141729160&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openssh.org/txt/release-4.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0697.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22158 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22173 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22495 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22823 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27588 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28320 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-06.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016939 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.592566 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-527.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_62_openssh.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/29266 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0540.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0703.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447861/100/200/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20245 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29255 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-681 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10178 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5052
NVD Published Date:
09/27/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.