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FreeBSD: VID-60931f98-55a7-11e7-8514-589cfc0654e1 (CVE-2017-9078): Dropbear -- two vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 3, 2017
Added
Jul 4, 2017
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled.

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-dropbear
Title
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