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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7408
The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c 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