CVE-2005-4178

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Buffer overflow in Dropbear server before 0.47 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified inpu

Buffer overflow in Dropbear server before 0.47 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified inputs that cause insufficient memory to be allocated due to an incorrect expression that does not enforce the proper order of operations.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.01719

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Affected Products & Versions

dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh< 0.47

debian linuxall versions

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6.5

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD12 Dec 2005 · 09:03 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18108Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18109Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18142Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923Third Party Advisory

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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962Third Party Advisory

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