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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7406

Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) u...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) host argument.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 dropbear

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.74-1"}]}]

Debian:13 dropbear

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.74-1"}]}]

Debian:14 dropbear

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.74-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org