CVE-2016-3116

6.4 MEDIUM

Published: March 22, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.72 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended shell-command restrictions via crafted X11 forwarding data.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179261.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179269.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179870.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00105.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00113.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136251/Dropbear-SSHD-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-08

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179261.html