| Name | CVE-2016-7409 |
| Description | The dbclient and server in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74, when compiled with DEBUG_TRACE, allows local users to read process memory via the -v argument, related to a failed remote ident. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dropbear (PTS) | buster | 2018.76-5+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2018.76-5+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2020.81-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2022.83-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2022.83-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dropbear | source | (unstable) | 2016.74-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://hg.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/rev/6a14b1f6dc04
Not an issue for the the Debian binary package since we do not
compile with DEBUG_TRACE.