CVE-2016-6210

Public on 2017-02-13
Modified on 2017-10-03
Description
A covert timing channel flaw was found in the way OpenSSH handled authentication of non-existent users. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this flaw to determine valid user names by measuring the timing of server responses.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
HAQM Linux 1 openssh 2017-10-03 ALAS-2017-898 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
HAQM Linux CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
HAQM Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N