UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9079
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9079, http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html, https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9079
Affected packages
Package
Name: dropbear
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
2014.65-1ubuntu2
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
