OpenSSH: User enumeration vulnerability — GLSA 201810-03

A vulnerability in OpenSSH might allow remote attackers to determine valid usernames.

Package	net-misc/openssh on all architectures
Affected versions	< 7.7_p1-r8
Unaffected versions	>= 7.7_p1-r8

OpenSSH is a complete SSH protocol implementation that includes SFTP client and server support.

It was discovered that OpenSSH was prone to a user enumeration vulnerability.

A remote attacker could conduct user enumeration.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All OpenSSH users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openssh-7.7_p1-r8"

Release date
October 06, 2018

Latest revision
October 06, 2018: 1

Severity
low

Exploitable
remote

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