CVE-2012-0814

OpenSSH < 5.7 - Authenticated Information Disclosure via Debug Messages

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The auth_parse_options function in auth-options.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 5.7 provides debug messages containing authorized_keys command options, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading these messages, as demonstrated by the shared user account required by Gitolite. NOTE: this can cross privilege boundaries because a user account may intentionally have no shell or filesystem access, and therefore may have no supported way to read an authorized_keys file in its own home directory.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51702
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/27/4
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/26/15
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/78706
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72756
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657445
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/26/16
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/27/1

Scores

EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 57.8%

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-255
Status published
Products (50)
openbsd/openssh 1.2
openbsd/openssh 1.2.1
openbsd/openssh 1.2.2
openbsd/openssh 1.2.3
openbsd/openssh 1.2.27
openbsd/openssh 1.3
openbsd/openssh 1.5
openbsd/openssh 1.5.7
openbsd/openssh 1.5.8
openbsd/openssh 2
... and 40 more
Published Jan 27, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026