CVE-2003-0190 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2003-0190
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Description: OpenSSH-portable (OpenSSH) 3.6.1p1 and earlier with PAM support enabled immediately sends an error message when a user does not exist, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via a timing attack.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: TURBO http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-31.txt REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-224.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-222.html OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:445 MISC http://lab.mediaservice.net/advisory/2003-01-openssh.txt FULLDISC http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-April/004815.html BUGTRAQ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106018677302607&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105172058404810&w=2 BID 7467

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