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CVE-2017-9079
Published: May 19, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
DSA-3859
vendor-advisory
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http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/
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