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Dropbear 2011.54 - 2018.76 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

🗓️ 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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Dropbear 2011.54 - 2018.76 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilit

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# 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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02 Sep 2025 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
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