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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859 | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/ |
Information
Published : 2017-05-19 07:29
Updated : 2019-10-04 02:15
NVD link : CVE-2017-9079
Mitre link : CVE-2017-9079
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CWE
CWE-732
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
dropbear_ssh_project
- dropbear_ssh