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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2018-15919 EUVD-2018-7775GHSA-rj3q-q9f3-gr2v

Remotely observable behaviour in auth-gss2.c in OpenSSH through 7.8 could be used by remote attackers to detect existence of users on a tar…

Published Aug 28, 2018 · Updated Dec 18, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Remotely observable behaviour in auth-gss2.c in OpenSSH through 7.8 could be used by remote attackers to detect existence of users on a target system when GSS2 is in use. NOTE: the discoverer states 'We understand that the OpenSSH developers do not want to treat such a username enumeration (or "oracle") as a vulnerability.'

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 openssh No fix yet —
Debian 13 openssh No fix yet —
Debian 12 openssh No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS openssh-ssh1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS openssh-ssh1 No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS openssh No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS openssh No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS openssh No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS openssh No fix yet —

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