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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9078

The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 dropbear

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.74-5"}]}]

Debian:13 dropbear

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.74-5"}]}]

Debian:14 dropbear

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.74-5"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org