Dropbear 2011.54 - 2018.76 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
🗓️ 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the SSH Dropbear session management software lies in its susceptibility to information disclosure due to inconsistencies in its functionality. This allows attackers to compromise and disclose sensitive information. | 21 Oct 202500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Perth Dropbear Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 30 Dec 202000:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2019-12953 | 30 Dec 202019:33 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2019-12953 | 30 Dec 202019:33 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2019-12953 | 30 Dec 202019:33 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2019-4528 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2019-12953 | 30 Dec 202020:15 | – | nvd | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12953 | 30 Dec 202020:15 | – | osv | |
| UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12953 | 30 Dec 202020:15 | – | osv | |
| Design/Logic Flaw | 30 Dec 202020:15 | – | prion |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| matt | www.matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127065");
script_version("2025-09-02T05:39:48+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-02 05:39:48 +0000 (Tue, 02 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-06-29 11:38:00 +0000 (Wed, 29 Jun 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-01-04 20:29:00 +0000 (Mon, 04 Jan 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-12953");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_name("Dropbear 2011.54 - 2018.76 Information Disclosure Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_dropbear_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("dropbear_ssh/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dropbear is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An inconsistent failure delay that may lead to revealing valid
usernames.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dropbear versions 2011.54 through 2018.76.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2019.77 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"2011.54", test_version2:"2018.76" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"2019.77", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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