CVE-2016-3116

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    CVE-2016-3116

    Published: 22 Mar 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data.

    References: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47, https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179261.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179269.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179870.html, https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00105.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00113.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136251/Dropbear-SSHD-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-08

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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
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