vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2016-6210: Moderate: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 24, 2016
Added
Aug 3, 2017
Modified
Feb 19, 2026

Description

sshd in OpenSSH before 7.3, when SHA256 or SHA512 are used for user password hashing, uses BLOWFISH hashing on a static password when the username does not exist, which allows remote attackers to enumerate users by leveraging the timing difference between responses when a large password is provided.

Solutions

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