Upstream information

CVE-2013-4421 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 845306 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2013:1616-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:1696-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Oct 11 13:15:37 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:19:30 2025