CVE-2013-4421

published 2013-10-25

CVE-2013-4421: The buf_decompress function in packet.c in Dropbear SSH Server before 2013.59 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a…

Priority P4 26 medium 5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C N I N A P

The buf_decompress function in packet.c in Dropbear SSH Server before 2013.59 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a compressed packet that has a large size when it is decompressed.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	dropbear	< dropbear 2012.55-1.4 (bookworm)	dropbear 2012.55-1.4 (bookworm)
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	< 2013.59	2013.59
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	>= 0 < 2012.55-1.4	2012.55-1.4
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	>= 0 < 2012.55-1.4	2012.55-1.4
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	>= 0 < 2012.55-1.4	2012.55-1.4
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	>= 0 < 2012.55-1.4	2012.55-1.4

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv 5.0 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.0 LOW

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