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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2006-5229 EUVD-2006-5214GHSA-w48g-c65j-5c6p

OpenSSH portable 4.1 on SUSE Linux, and possibly other platforms and versions, and possibly under limited configurations, allows remote att…

Published Oct 10, 2006 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

OpenSSH portable 4.1 on SUSE Linux, and possibly other platforms and versions, and possibly under limited configurations, allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via timing discrepancies in which responses take longer for valid usernames than invalid ones, as demonstrated by sshtime. NOTE: as of 20061014, it appears that this issue is dependent on the use of manually-set passwords that causes delays when processing /etc/shadow due to an increased number of rounds.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

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