cve-2012-0920
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-06-05 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 18:38
Severity ?
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Dropbear SSH Server 0.52 through 2012.54, when command restriction and public key authentication are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and bypass command restrictions via multiple crafted command requests, related to "channels concurrency."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGESVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/48147Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/48929Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2456Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/79590Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52159Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73444Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/818108bf7749Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.mantor.org/~northox/misc/CVE-2012-0920.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGESVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48147Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48929Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2456Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/79590Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52159Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73444Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/818108bf7749Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mantor.org/~northox/misc/CVE-2012-0920.htmlThird Party Advisory
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