Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in gsi-openssh-server 7.9p1

CVE-2019-7639 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

An issue was discovered in gsi-openssh-server 7.9p1 on Fedora 29. If PermitPAMUserChange is set to yes in the /etc/gsissh/sshd_config file, logins succeed with a valid username and an incorrect password, even though a failure entry is recorded in the /var/log/messages file.

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