Description
OpenSSH 5.6 and earlier, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows remote attackers to bypass the need for knowledge of the shared secret, and successfully authenticate, by sending crafted values in each round of the protocol, a related issue to CVE-2010-4252.
Published: 2010-12-06
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4446 OpenSSH 5.6 and earlier, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows remote attackers to bypass the need for knowledge of the shared secret, and successfully authenticate, by sending crafted values in each round of the protocol, a related issue to CVE-2010-4252.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:43:14.923Z

Reserved: 2010-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4478

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-12-06T22:30:31.920

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-4478

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4478 - Bugzilla

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