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OpenBSD OpenSSH Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2020-14145)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
OpenBSD OpenSSH is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The client side in OpenSSH has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client).
Affected Software
Affected Software
OpenBSD OpenSSH versions 5.7 through 8.4.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 8.5 or later.