CVE-2006-5052

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16

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."

Affected products

OpenSSH: 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.27, 2.1 (+50)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=115939141729160&w=2
http://openssh.org/txt/release-4.4
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0697.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22158
http://secunia.com/advisories/22173
http://secunia.com/advisories/22495
http://secunia.com/advisories/22823
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
http://secunia.com/advisories/27588
http://secunia.com/advisories/28320

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