Bug 1316825 (CVE-2016-3116) - CVE-2016-3116 dropbear: X11 forwarding input not validated properly
Summary: CVE-2016-3116 dropbear: X11 forwarding input not validated properly
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2016-3116
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1316826 1316827
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-03-11 08:57 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:10 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dropbear 2016.72
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:49:38 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-03-11 08:57:50 UTC 
A vulnerability was found in a way dropbear processed X11 forwarding input. By using a specially crafted request, an attacker could bypass the authorized_keys command restrictions.

External references:

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

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/593
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-03-11 08:58:33 UTC 
Created dropbear tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1316826]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1316827]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 02:49:38 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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