CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7406
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh (<= 2016.73)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92974 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353 Issue Tracking
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/b66a483f3dcb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/35 seclists.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92974 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353 Issue Tracking
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/b66a483f3dcb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry