CVE-2005-4178
Dropbear SSH Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 12, 2005, 9:03 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2005-4178
vulnerability.
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CVE-2005-4178.
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CVE-2005-4178 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2005-4178 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html Added Reference http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18108 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18109 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18142 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/ Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 20, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/18142 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/18142 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html Patch http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/18108 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/18108 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/18109 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/18109 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/ No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html Patch http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.44test1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.44test2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.44test3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.44test4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:matt_johnston:dropbear_ssh_server:0.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.47 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 12, 2005
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-4178 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-4178
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.33 }} 0.10%
score
0.70820
percentile