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CVE-2016-7408

high

Description

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

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23

https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/eed9376a4ad6

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92970

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-03

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02389