Improper Access Control Affecting dropbear package, versions <2016.74-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.96% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-DROPBEAR-356301
  • published3 Mar 2017
  • disclosed3 Mar 2017

Introduced: 3 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-7408  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable dropbear to version 2016.74-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.