CVE-2012-0920

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0920
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-05 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:28:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in Dropbear SSH Server 0.52 through 2012.54, when command restriction and public key authentication are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and bypass command restrictions via multiple crafted command requests, related to "channels concurrency."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dropbear SSH Server Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES CONFIRM matt.ucc.asn.au Vendor Advisory
79590 OSVDB www.osvdb.org Broken Link
CVE-2012-0920 - Dropbear SSH server use-after-free vulnerability MISC www.mantor.org Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
dropbear: 818108bf7749 CONFIRM secure.ucc.asn.au Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2456-1 dropbear DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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