UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7406

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7406
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7406.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7406
Upstream
Published
2017-03-03T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:51Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / dropbear

Package

Name
dropbear
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dropbear@2016.72-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2014.*

2014.65-1ubuntu2

2015.*

2015.68-1
2015.70-1
2015.71-1

2016.*

2016.72-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dropbear",
            "binary_version": "2016.72-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dropbear-bin",
            "binary_version": "2016.72-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dropbear-initramfs",
            "binary_version": "2016.72-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dropbear-run",
            "binary_version": "2016.72-1"
        }
    ]
}