# CVE-2017-2659: It was found that dropbear before version 2013.59 with GSSAPI leaks whether given username is valid or invalid.

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-20 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- \[UNKNOWN\] dropbear: fixed in 2013.59

## Description

It was found that dropbear before version 2013.59 with GSSAPI leaks whether given username is valid or invalid. When an invalid username is given, the GSSAPI authentication failure was incorrectly counted towards the maximum allowed number of password attempts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on \[UNKNOWN\] dropbear, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2659
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/d7784616409a#l1.86

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