TITLE:
Dropbear SSH Server DSS Verification Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12153

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12153/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Dropbear SSH Server 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/2027/

DESCRIPTION:
Arne Bernin has reported a vulnerability in Dropbear SSH Server,
potentially allowing malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due freeing of uninitialised variables in
the DSS verification code.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

This affects version 0.42 and earlier.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.43.
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Arne Bernin

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

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