vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-9079: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | May 19, 2017 | Aug 30, 2017 | Aug 8, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 19, 2017
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 8, 2025
Description
Dropbear 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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-dropbear
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