vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-9078): dropbear vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 19, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

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

no-fix-ubuntu-package
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