UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9079
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9079
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9079.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9079
- Upstream
- Published
- 2017-05-19T14:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-24T04:46:19Z
- Severity
-
- 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorizedkeys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorizedkeys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.
- 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_version": "2016.72-1",
"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"
}
]
}