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CVE-2003-0190 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (OpenSSH-portable (OpenSSH) 3.6.1p1 and earlier with PAM supp)

OpenSSH-portable (OpenSSH) 3.6.1p1 and earlier with PAM support enabled immediately sends an error message when a user does not exist, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via a timing attack.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0190
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWECWE-203
StatusModified
Published2003-05-12
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionOpenSSH-portable (OpenSSH) 3.6.1p1 and earlier with PAM support enabled immediately sends an error message when a user does not exist, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via a timing attack.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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