CVE-2017-9079
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%
Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root, if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.
Products: dropbear_ssh_project dropbear_ssh, debian_linux
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine 3.4 | dropbear | 2017.75-r0 |
| Alpine 3.5 | dropbear | 2017.75-r0 |
| Debian 12 | dropbear | 2016.74-5 |
| Debian 13 | dropbear | 2016.74-5 |
| Debian 14 | dropbear | 2016.74-5 |
| Debian 7 | dropbear | 2012.55-1.3+deb7u2 |
| Debian 8 | dropbear | 2014.65-1+deb8u2 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | dropbear | no fix |