Improper Authentication Affecting dropbear package, versions <2020.81-3+deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-DROPBEAR-3057794
  • published21 Oct 2022
  • disclosed12 Oct 2022

Introduced: 12 Oct 2022

CVE-2021-36369  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 dropbear to version 2020.81-3+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dropbear package and not the dropbear package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Dropbear through 2020.81. Due to a non-RFC-compliant check of the available authentication methods in the client-side SSH code, it is possible for an SSH server to change the login process in its favor. This attack can bypass additional security measures such as FIDO2 tokens or SSH-Askpass. Thus, it allows an attacker to abuse a forwarded agent for logging on to another server unnoticed.

CVSS Scores

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