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.

• CWE-189

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119300.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119323.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00061.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00046.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55173Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/11/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62958Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGESVendor Advisory
• https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/0bf76f54de6fPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216642Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119300.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119323.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00061.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00046.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55173Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/11/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62958Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGESVendor Advisory
• https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/0bf76f54de6fPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216642Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 25, 2013

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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