vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2017-9079: dropbear -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | May 19, 2017 | May 20, 2017 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 19, 2017
Added
May 20, 2017
Modified
Aug 15, 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
debian-upgrade-dropbear
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