CVE-2016-7406

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7406
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-03T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-04T23:00:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.73
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/b66a483f3dcb Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353 Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92974 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7406
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7406
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:47:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:24:04 2017-03-03T16:59Z 2017-03-03T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:24:04 2017-03-04T23:00:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:24:04 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated