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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-3116
CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote...
Vulnerability Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data.
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.
References
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
- https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179269.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136251/Dropbear-SSHD-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179261.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179870.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00113.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-08
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00105.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 22nd, 2016
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.