CVE-2016-3116 Affecting dropbear package, versions <2016.72-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
2.84% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-DROPBEAR-523605
  • published22 Mar 2016
  • disclosed22 Mar 2016

Introduced: 22 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-3116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 dropbear to version 2016.72-1 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.

CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data.