PT-2005-1096 · Dropbear · Dropbear

Matt Johnston · Published 2005-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2005-4178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dropbear versions prior to 0.47

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the Dropbear server, allowing authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified inputs due to an incorrect expression that does not enforce the proper order of operations. This can lead to a violation of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The exploitation of this issue can be carried out remotely by an attacker who has passed the authentication procedure.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.47, update to version 0.47 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Dropbear server to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09492

CVE-2005-4178

DSA-923-1

Affected Products

Dropbear

References · 15

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09492 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4178 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4178 · Vendor Advisory
• http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4178 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15923 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18108 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18109 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18142 · Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml · Note