CVE-2006-5052

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in portable OpenSSH before 4.4, when running on some platforms, allows remote attackers to determine the validity of usernames via unknown vectors involving a GSSAPI "authentication abort."

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 14.97% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20245	patch vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447861/100/200/threaded	mailing list
http://openssh.org/txt/release-4.4
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-06.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_62_openssh.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html	vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/29266	vdb entry
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://secunia.com/advisories/27588	third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-681
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016939	patch vdb entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-527.htm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10178	signature vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29255	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22495	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22823	third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.592566	patch vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=115939141729160&w=2	mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0703.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0697.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28320	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22173	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0540.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22158	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5052?: CVE-2006-5052 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5052?: To fix CVE-2006-5052, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5052 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-5052 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.