CVE-2017-9078

moderate-risk
Published 2017-05-19

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.

Do I need to act?

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5.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Debian Dropbear Ssh Project Netapp

References (6)

Mailing List http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
Mailing List http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 9/34 · Low