The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3859-1 dropbear security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18017 The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled.
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Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:55:22.121Z

Reserved: 2017-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9078

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-19T14:29:00.280

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-9078

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