CVE-2005-4178 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2005-4178

Buffer overflow in Dropbear server before 0.47 allows authenticated users...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in Dropbear server before 0.47 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified inputs that cause insufficient memory to be allocated due to an incorrect expression that does not enforce the proper order of operations.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

dropbear ssh project

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Affected Software

dropbear ssh, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0, 3.1

Timeline

Official Publish: December 12th, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.