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Debian Security Advisory DSA 923-1 (dropbear)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to dropbear announced via advisory DSA 923-1. A buffer overflow has been discovered in dropbear, a lightweight SSH2 server and client, that may allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as the server user (usually root). The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain dropbear packages.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.45-2sarge0. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.47-1. We recommend that you upgrade your dropbear package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20923-1