Double Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dropbear  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1910-DROPBEAR-653672
  • published19 May 2017
  • disclosed19 May 2017

Introduced: 19 May 2017

CVE-2017-9078  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dropbear package and not the dropbear package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled.