CVE-2005-4178

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    CVE-2005-4178

    Published: 12 Dec 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in Dropbear server before 0.47 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified inputs that cause insufficient memory to be allocated due to an incorrect expression that does not enforce the proper order of operations.

    References: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html, http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/18108, http://secunia.com/advisories/18109, http://secunia.com/advisories/18142, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962, http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html, http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High