CVE-2017-9078

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-415

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/Third Party Advisory
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 19, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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