CVE-2017-9079
dropbear - security update
4.7
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-9079
To remediate CVE-2017-9079, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/dropbear—upgrade to 2017.75-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2016.74-5 or later
- —upgrade to 2012.55-1.3+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2017-9079 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2017.75-r0
- from 0, < 2016.74-5
- from 0, < 2012.55-1.3+deb7u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |