CVE-2010-4478
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Dec 6, 2010
- Updated
- May 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 6, 2010
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/jpake.c#rev1.5
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12338vdb-entrysignature
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/jpake.c.diff?r1=1.4%3Br2=1.5%3Bf=h
- https://github.com/seb-m/jpake
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659297
- http://seb.dbzteam.org/crypto/jpake-session-key-retrieval.pdf
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