{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7409","details":"The dbclient and server in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74, when compiled with DEBUG_TRACE, allows local users to read process memory via the -v argument, related to a failed remote ident.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:45:53Z","published":"2017-03-03T16:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-7409"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7409"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/6a14b1f6dc04"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/14/7"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7409"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dropbear","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dropbear@2016.72-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2014.65-1ubuntu2","2015.68-1","2015.70-1","2015.71-1","2016.72-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2016.72-1","binary_name":"dropbear"},{"binary_version":"2016.72-1","binary_name":"dropbear-bin"},{"binary_version":"2016.72-1","binary_name":"dropbear-initramfs"},{"binary_version":"2016.72-1","binary_name":"dropbear-run"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7409.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}