DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9078

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9078
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9078.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9078
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2017-05-19T14:29:00.280Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:54.132164Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dropbear

Package

Name
dropbear
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dropbear?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.74-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9078.json"

Debian:12 / dropbear

Package

Name
dropbear
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dropbear?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.74-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9078.json"

Debian:13 / dropbear

Package

Name
dropbear
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dropbear?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.74-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9078.json"

Debian:14 / dropbear

Package

Name
dropbear
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dropbear?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.74-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9078.json"