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CVE-2016-3116

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Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-08

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES

https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136251/Dropbear-SSHD-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00113.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00105.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179870.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179269.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179261.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-03-22

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.27583

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