UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7408
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7408
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7408.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7408
- Upstream
- Published
- 2017-03-03T16:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-24T04:45:53Z
- Severity
-
- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - low
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / dropbear
Package
- Name
- dropbear
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/dropbear@2016.72-1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
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"
}
]
}