CVE-2017-9079 (GCVE-0-2017-9079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-19 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2019100… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2017-05-19 00:00
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