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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-7639

An issue was discovered in gsi-openssh-server 7.9p1 on Fedora 29.

HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.20%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in gsi-openssh-server 7.9p1 on Fedora 29. If PermitPAMUserChange is set to yes in the /etc/gsissh/sshd_config file, logins succeed with a valid username and an incorrect password, even though a failure entry is recorded in the /var/log/messages file.

CVSS 3.0
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.20% probability · 66th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-863
Affected
fedoraproject/fedora · gsi-openssh project/gsi-openssh
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.