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.

PriorityP355high8.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.97%

89.2th percentile

The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	dropbear	< dropbear 2016.74-1 (bookworm)	dropbear 2016.74-1 (bookworm)
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	<= 2016.73	—
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	>= 0 < 2016.74-1	2016.74-1
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	>= 0 < 2016.74-1	2016.74-1
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	>= 0 < 2016.74-1	2016.74-1
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	>= 0 < 2016.74-1	2016.74-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.5MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv8.8HIGH

vendor_debian8.8HIGH

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