PT-2017-6720 · Xz Utils · Xzgrep+1

Martin Prpič · Published 2017-07-25 · Updated 2019-04-22 · CVE-2015-4035

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xzgrep versions prior to 5.2.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by having a user run xzgrep on a crafted file name, due to improper processing of file names containing semicolons.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.2.0, update to version 5.2.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-4035

Affected Products

Xz Utils

Xzgrep

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4035 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223341 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f4b2b52624b802c786e4e2a8eb6895794dd93b24 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/13 · Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/484 · Note