CVE-2005-4178

Name	CVE-2005-4178
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-923-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
dropbear (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	2014.65-1+deb8u3	fixed
	stretch	2016.74-5+deb9u1	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	2018.76-5+deb10u2	fixed
	bullseye	2020.81-3+deb11u2	fixed
	bookworm	2022.83-1+deb12u2	fixed
	sid, trixie	2024.86-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
dropbear	source	sarge	0.45-2sarge0		DSA-923-1
dropbear	source	(unstable)	0.47-1	high