CVE-2018-15473 (GCVE-0-2018-15473)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-17 21:22
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Summary
OpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying bailout for an invalid authenticating user until after the packet containing the request has been fully parsed, related to auth2-gss.c, auth2-hostbased.c, and auth2-pubkey.c.
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
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