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CVE-2018-15919 Detail

Description

Remotely observable behaviour in auth-gss2.c in OpenSSH through 7.8 could be used by remote attackers to detect existence of users on a target system when GSS2 is in use. NOTE: the discoverer states 'We understand that the OpenSSH developers do not want to treat such a username enumeration (or "oracle") as a vulnerability.'

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/28/2018

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Hyperlink Resource
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/180
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105163

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CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-15919
NVD Published Date:
08/28/2018
NVD Last Modified:
08/29/2018