CVE-2017-9078
dropbear - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.1%
Description
The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled.
How to fix CVE-2017-9078
To remediate CVE-2017-9078, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/dropbear—upgrade to 2017.75-r0 or later
- Debian/dropbear—upgrade to 2016.74-5 or later
- —upgrade to 2014.65-1+deb8u2 or later
Is CVE-2017-9078 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2017.75-r0
- from 0, < 2016.74-5
- from 0, < 2014.65-1+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |