CVE-2005-4178
N/A
Published: December 12, 2005 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxDropbear SSH
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 0.47
Affected range stops below 0.47, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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