MGASA-2013-0318

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    MGASA-2013-0318

    Published: 25 Oct 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated dropbear packages fix CVE-2013-4421

    Details: Updated dropbear package fixes security vulnerability: Possible memory exhaustion denial of service due to the size of decompressed payloads in dropbear before 2013.59 (CVE-2013-4421). Inconsistent delays in authorization failures could be used to disclose the existence of valid user accounts in dropbear before 2013.59 (CVE-2013-4434).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0318.html, https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/11/4, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11442

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dropbear

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dropbear?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2013.59-1.mga2

    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