CVE-2006-5229

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.

CVSS v2.0

2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

54.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2006-10-10

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3303

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2006-5228
• CVE-2006-5230
• CVE-2006-5226
• CVE-2006-5232
• CVE-2006-5224
• CVE-2006-5234