CVE-2005-4178 (GCVE-0-2005-4178)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-12-12 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 23:38
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
security@debian.org http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.org http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.org http://secunia.com/advisories/18108 Third Party Advisory
security@debian.org http://secunia.com/advisories/18109 Third Party Advisory
security@debian.org http://secunia.com/advisories/18142 Third Party Advisory
security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923 Third Party Advisory
security@debian.org http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml Third Party Advisory
security@debian.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/18108 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/18109 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/18142 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962 Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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