CVE-2021-36369

Summary

CVECVE-2021-36369
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-12 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-20 13:31:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Dropbear through 2020.81. Due to a non-RFC-compliant check of the available authentication methods in the client-side SSH code, it is possible for an SSH server to change the login process in its favor. This attack can bypass additional security measures such as FIDO2 tokens or SSH-Askpass. Thus, it allows an attacker to abuse a forwarded agent for logging on to another server unnoticed.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Releases · mkj/dropbear · GitHub MISC github.com
added option to disable trivial auth methods by manfred-kaiser · Pull Request #128 · mkj/dropbear · GitHub MISC github.com
Release Dropbear 2022.82 · mkj/dropbear · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3187-1] dropbear security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181212 Debian Security Update for dropbear (DLA 3187-1)
  • 181213 Debian Security Update for dropbear (DLA 3187-1)
  • 183926 Debian Security Update for dropbear (CVE-2021-36369)
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