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CVE-2016-7409

medium

Description

The dbclient and server in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74, when compiled with DEBUG_TRACE, allows local users to read process memory via the -v argument, related to a failed remote ident.

References

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

https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/6a14b1f6dc04

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92973

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: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00306