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Debian: Urgent Vulnerability in Dropbear DSA-6086-1 CVE-2025-14282

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2025
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Dropbear SSH server privilege escalation risk addressed in Debian security advisory DSA-6086-1, updates recommended.
"Turistu" discovered that incorrect permission handling in the Dropbear SSH server could result in privilege escalation
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Summary

The oldstable distribution (bookworm) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2025.89-1~deb13u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dropbear packages.

For the detailed security status of dropbear please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/dropbear

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: dropbear
CVE ID: CVE-2025-14282

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