DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9079

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9079
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9079.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9079
Upstream
Published
2017-05-19T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:24:44Z
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

Debian:11 / dropbear

Package

Name
dropbear
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dropbear?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.74-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / dropbear

Package

Name
dropbear
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dropbear?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.74-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / dropbear

Package

Name
dropbear
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dropbear?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.74-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / dropbear

Package

Name
dropbear
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dropbear?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.74-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}