CVE-2005-4178

EPSS 1.7%

dropbear - buffer overflow

Published: 12/12/2005Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4178

Description

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.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/dropbearfrom 0, < 0.47-1
Debian/dropbearfrom 0, < 0.45-2sarge0

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4178