MEDIUM
Kerberos information leak
Published Sep 27, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.86%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in portable OpenSSH before 4.4, when running on some platforms, allows remote attackers to determine the validity of usernames via unknown vectors involving a GSSAPI "authentication abort."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.27
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.9
- 2.9.9
- 2.9.9p2
- 2.9p1
- 2.9p2
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1p1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2p1
- 3.0p1
- 3.1
- 3.1p1
- 3.2
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.2p1
- 3.2.3p1
- 3.3
- 3.3p1
- 3.4
- 3.4p1
- 3.5
- 3.5p1
- 3.6
- 3.6.1
- 3.6.1p1
- 3.6.1p2
- 3.7
- 3.7.1
- 3.7.1p1
- 3.7.1p2
- 3.8
- 3.8.1
- 3.8.1p1
- 3.9
- 3.9.1
- 3.9.1p1
- 4.0
- 4.0p1
- 4.1p1
- 4.2
- 4.2p1
- 4.3
- 4.3p1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
openssh-0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.24
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0703
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
openssh-0:4.3p2-24.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0540
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | openssh-0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.24 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0703 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssh-0:4.3p2-24.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0540 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.86% 0.02859
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02859
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02859) | 86.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.71% (0.02707) | 83.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 14.97% (0.14969) | 94.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 16.01% (0.16010) | 94.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 14.97% (0.14969) | 94.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 16.01% (0.16010) | 94.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 14.97% (0.14969) | 94.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 16.01% (0.16010) | 94.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 14.48% (0.14481) | 93.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 25.79% (0.25792) | 93.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.56% (0.13562) | 93.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 16, 2025 | 7.21% (0.07205) | 93.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.41% (0.05405) | 93.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2023 | 2.25% (0.02249) | 88.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 16, 2023 | 2.07% (0.02071) | 87.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | 1.53% (0.01530) | 85.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 2.54% (0.02535) | 88.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 2.97% (0.02970) | 89.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2023 | 1.33% (0.01330) | 84.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01390) | 84.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (31)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=115939141729160&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openssh.org/txt/release-4.4 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_62_openssh.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/29266 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0540.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0703.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447861/100/200/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20245 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5052 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=234643 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29255 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-681 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5052
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10178 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5052
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 27, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 27, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5052
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a