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CVE-2021-36369

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7292-1

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue was discovered in Dropbear through 2020.81. Due to a non-RFC-compliant check of the available authentication methods in the client-side SSH code, it is possible for an SSH server to change the login process in its favor. This attack can bypass additional security measures such as FIDO2 tokens or SSH-Askpass. Thus, it allows an attacker to abuse a forwarded agent for logging on to another server unnoticed.

Se ha detectado un problema en Dropbear versiones hasta 2020.81. Debido a una comprobación no compatible con RFC de los métodos de autenticación disponibles en el código SSH del lado del cliente, es posible que un servidor SSH cambie el proceso de inicio de sesión a su favor. Este ataque puede omitir medidas de seguridad adicionales como los tokens FIDO2 o SSH-Askpass. Por lo tanto, permite a un atacante abusar de un agente reenviado para iniciar sesión en otro servidor de forma inadvertida

Manfred Kaiser discovered that Dropbear through 2020.81 does not properly check the available authentication methods in the client-side SSH code. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to remote systems. Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, and Joerg Schwenk discovered that the SSH transport protocol implementation in Dropbear had weak integrity checks. An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass security features like encryption and integrity checks.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-07-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-10-12 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Dropbear Ssh Project
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Dropbear Ssh
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<= 2020.81
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Affected
Debian
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Debian Linux
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10.0
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Affected