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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-5229 Detail

Current Description

OpenSSH portable 4.1 on SUSE Linux, and possibly other platforms and versions, and possibly under limited configurations, allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via timing discrepancies in which responses take longer for valid usernames than invalid ones, as demonstrated by sshtime. NOTE: as of 20061014, it appears that this issue is dependent on the use of manually-set passwords that causes delays when processing /etc/shadow due to an increased number of rounds.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/11/2006)

Red Hat has been unable to reproduce this flaw and believes that the reporter was experiencing behavior specific to his environment. We will not be releasing update to address this issue.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25979 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/32721 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448025/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448108/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448156/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448702/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20418 CVE, MITRE
http://www.sybsecurity.com/hack-proventia-1.pdf CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2545 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5229
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE