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CVE-2017-2659

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 1.50%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-03-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2017-2659
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
1.50%

Original NVD 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.

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