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OpenSSH 'sshd' GSSAPI Credential Disclosure Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The host is running OpenSSH sshd with GSSAPI enabled and is prone to credential disclosure vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to an error in handling GSSAPI credential delegation, Which allow GSSAPI credentials to be delegated to users who log in with methods other than GSSAPI authentication (e.g. public key) when the client requests it.

Affected Software

Affected Software

OpenSSH version prior to 4.2.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade OpenSSH to 4.2 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)