PT-2017-9182 · Dropbear+1 · Dropbear Ssh+1

Andrej Nemec · Published 2016-07-26 · Updated 2017-03-04 · CVE-2016-7408

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dropbear SSH versions prior to 2016.74

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments, specifically the -m or -c argument.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2016.74, update to version 2016.74 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1786

CVE-2016-7408

MGASA-2016-0301

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Dropbear Ssh

References · 17

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7408 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/eed9376a4ad6 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7408 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0301.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353 · Note
• https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/10f28c95ca31 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/14/7 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19074 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92970 · Note