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Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

CVE-2017-2659

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

It was found that dropbear before version 2013.59 with GSSAPI leaks whether given username is valid or invalid. When an invalid username is given, the GSSAPI authentication failure was incorrectly counted towards the maximum allowed number of password attempts.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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  • LOW
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CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

The software generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data.

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