Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting dropbear package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-DROPBEAR-356282
  • published19 May 2017
  • disclosed19 May 2017

Introduced: 19 May 2017

CVE-2017-9079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 dropbear.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dropbear package and not the dropbear package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.