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

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Severity

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

References

CVE-2017-9078
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-9078
CWE-415
EUVD-EUVD-2017-18017
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-18017

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