Bug 1912873 (CVE-2019-12953)

Summary: CVE-2019-12953 dropbear: inconsistent failure delay that may lead to revealing valid usernames
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
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Description Marian Rehak 2021-01-05 13:33:47 UTC
Dropbear 2011.54 through 2018.76 has an inconsistent failure delay that may lead to revealing valid usernames, a different issue than CVE-2018-15599.

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2021-01-05 13:34:06 UTC
Created dropbear tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1912874]