CVE-2007-1099
dbclient in Dropbear SSH client before 0.49 does not sufficiently warn the user when it detects a hostkey mismatch, which might allow remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.
02 Description
dbclient in Dropbear SSH client before 0.49 does not sufficiently warn the user when it detects a hostkey mismatch, which might allow remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-02-26 17:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 12:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 973e70a22f03473d392c541056d41beb179b92abb1681d7bce32a9c2ce6be842
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com22761http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22761
- secunia.com24345http://secunia.com/advisories/24345
- www.osvdb.org32088http://www.osvdb.org/32088
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdropbear-hostkey-weak-security(32762)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32762
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-0785http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0785
- matt.ucc.asn.auhttp://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
- osvdb.org33814http://osvdb.org/33814
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dropbear Fixed in 0.49-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dropbear Fixed in 0.49-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dropbear Fixed in 0.49-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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