CVE-2005-4178

Buffer overflow in Dropbear server before 0.47 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified inputs that cause insufficient memory to be allocated due to an incorrect expression that does not enforce the proper order of operations.

CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18108	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18109	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18142	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18108	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18109	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18142	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2005-12-12 21:03

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2005-4178

Mitre link : CVE-2005-4178

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-4178

JSON object : View

Products Affected

dropbear_ssh_project

dropbear_ssh

debian

debian_linux

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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