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CVE-2016-7408

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Date: March 3, 2017

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

Language: C

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (9)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7408

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23

Url: https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/eed9376a4ad6

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7408

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7408

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92970

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7408

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version DROPBEAR_2016.74

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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