UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9078

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9078

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9078.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9078

Upstream

CVE-2017-9078

Published

2017-05-19T14:29:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:44:16Z

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
Ubuntu - medium

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

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"
        }
    ]
}