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FreeBSD: dropbear -- authorized_keys command= bypass (CVE-2016-3116)

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FreeBSD: dropbear -- authorized_keys command= bypass (CVE-2016-3116)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/15/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-dropbear

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