PT-2012-3901 · Debian · Devscripts

Raphael Geissert · Published 2012-10-01 · Updated 2013-04-19 · CVE-2012-2242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions devscripts versions prior to 2.10.73

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted files, related to arguments to external commands that are not properly escaped.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.10.73, update to version 2.10.73 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the scripts/dget.pl script until a patch is available. Avoid using the script with untrusted .dsc or .changes files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2242

DSA-2549-1

Affected Products

Devscripts

References · 8

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2242 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2242 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50600 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/55564 · Note