CVE-2017-9079

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-9079
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-19 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-04 09:15:00 UTC
DescriptionDropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh All All All All
Application Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3859-1 dropbear DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
September 2019 Dropbear SSH Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Dropbear 2017.75 CONFIRM lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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