CVE-2016-3116

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3116
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-03-22 10:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2016:0874-1: moderate: Security update for dropbear af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Dropbear SSHD xauth Command Injection / Bypass ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: dropbear-2016.72-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:0882-1: moderate: Security update for dropbear af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
pub/pocs/cve-2016-3115 at master · tintinweb/pub · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 matt.ucc.asn.au
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: dropbear-2016.72-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: CVE-2016-3116 - Dropbear SSH xauth injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Dropbear: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201607-08) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: dropbear-2016.72-1.fc24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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