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CVE-2016-7406

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Date: March 3, 2017

Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) host argument.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.3

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/b66a483f3dcb

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2

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

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92974

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7406

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7406

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7406

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7406

Severity Score

4.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 2016.74

CVSS v3

Base Score:	4.3
Attack Vector (AV):
Attack Complexity (AC):
Privileges Required (PR):
User Interaction (UI):
Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.3
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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