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Asymmetric denial of service In dropbear

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Package
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2013-44212. NVD-2013-44213. OSV-DEBIAN-2013-44214. OSV-2013-44215. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2013-4421

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