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CVE-2016-7406

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Date: March 3, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/b66a483f3dcb

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92974

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7406

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7406

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7406

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7406

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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