Dropbear SSH update (vulnerability)

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Prutzer
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Dropbear SSH update (vulnerability)

Post by Prutzer »

Hi all,

I scanned my Toon thermostaat with Nessus Vulnerability scanner. My toon is using dropbear SSH 2015.71 with muliple critical security issues.
Is it safe to upgrade dropbear to a higher version? What is the command for it?

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Dropbear SSH Server < 2016.72 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Description
According to its self-reported version in its banner, Dropbear SSH running on the remote host is prior to 2016.74. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- A format string flaw exists due to improper handling of string format specifiers (e.g., %s and %x) in usernames and host arguments. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2016-7406)

- A flaw exists in dropbearconvert due to improper handling of specially crafted OpenSSH key files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7407)

- A flaw exists in dbclient when handling the -m or -c arguments in scripts. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted script, to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7408)

- A flaw exists in dbclient or dropbear server if they are compiled with the DEBUG_TRACE option and then run using the -v switch. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose process memory. (CVE-2016-7409)
Solution
Upgrade to Dropbear SSH version 2016.74 or later.
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Re: Dropbear SSH update (vulnerability)

Post by TheHogNL »

I would not care about this. Only if you have opened your SSH port on the firewall from public internet.

There is no new dropbear package for the toon. Compiling a new dropbear for the Toon1 is too much trouble for this.
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