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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4421

The buf_decompress function in packet.c in Dropbear SSH Server before 2013.59 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a compressed packet that has a large size when it is decompressed.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 6.42%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The buf_decompress function in packet.c in Dropbear SSH Server before 2013.59 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a compressed packet that has a large size when it is decompressed.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
6.42% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-189
Affected
dropbear ssh project/dropbear ssh
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.