| Name | CVE-2010-4478 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh (PTS) | buster | 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u4 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1:9.6p1-4 | fixed | |
| sid | 1:9.7p1-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- openssh <not-affected> (J-PAKE not activated, see bug #606922)