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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7407: Dropbear: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7407: Dropbear: Multiple vulnerabilities

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

Description

The dropbearconvert command in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenSSH key file.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-dropbear

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