CVE-2007-2243: OpenSSH S/KEY Authentication Enumeration

SUMMARY

Not vulnerable.

CVE ID

CVE-2007-2243

DESCRIPTION

OpenSSH S/KEY Authentication Enumeration

OpenSSH 4.6 and earlier, when ChallengeResponseAuthentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of user accounts by attempting to authenticate via S/KEY, which displays a different response if the user account exists, a similar issue to CVE-2001-1483.

RESOLUTION

Unitrends Risk Assessment: None. Not vulnerable.
The OpenSSH packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux do not contain S/KEY support.

LINK TO ADVISORIES

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2243 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2243

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