PT-2013-3579 · Fail2Ban · Fail2Ban

Nbs System Security Team · Published 2013-07-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2013-2178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Fail2ban versions prior to 0.8.10

Description The issue arises from improper validation of log messages in certain configuration files, allowing remote attackers to block arbitrary IP addresses by sending specific messages in a request.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.8.10, update to version 0.8.10 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-2178

DSA-2708-1

MGASA-2013-0192

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10347-1

Affected Products

Fail2Ban

References · 18

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00021.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10347-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0192.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0192 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2178 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2178 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17338 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/7 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10550 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7177 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7176 · Note