vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7406: Dropbear: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 3, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) host argument.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-dropbear
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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