Gentoo: GLSA-202007-53 Normal: Dropbear Denial of Service Threat
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July 28, 2020
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dropbear, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dropbear. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Dropbear users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/dropbear-2020.80"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-0739 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0739 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-12437 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12437 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-20685 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20685
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-53
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Dropbear: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 28, 2020
Bugs: #723848
ID: 202007-53
Topics Covered
Background
Dropbear is an SSH server and client designed with a small memory
footprint.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/dropbear < 2020.80 >= 2020.80
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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