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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.