PT-2017-18561 · Debian+1 · Lintian+1

Jakub Wilk · Published 2017-05-08 · Updated 2017-06-06 · CVE-2017-8829

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions lintian versions prior to 2.5.50.4

Description The issue is related to a deserialization vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger code execution. This can be achieved by requesting a review of a source package with a crafted YAML file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.50.4, update to version 2.5.50.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-502

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8829

USN-3310-1

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Lintian

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8829 · Security Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/861958 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3310-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3310-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8829 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8829 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8829 · Vendor Advisory