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Alpine: openssh: security update to 6.8_p1-r7

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 406039

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2016-6210)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6210

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 406039

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.49

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6210

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6210

BID: 91812