An issue exists in uscan in devscripts before 2.13.19, which could let a remote malicious user execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball.

In scripts/licensecheck.pl, there is executed code, that is vulnerable to shell command injection via shell metacharacters in filename.

my $mime = file --brief --mime --dereference $file;

Upstream patch: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=c0687bcde23108dd42e146573c368b6905e6b8e8

CVE assignment: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7

scripts/dscverify.pl in devscripts before 2.12.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors related to "arguments to external commands."

Argument injection vulnerability in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted symlink and crafted filename.

A flaw was reported in the uscan script of devscripts:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731849

From that bug report:

"" The newfangled debian/copyright-driven repacking can be exploited by malicious upstream to execute arbitrary code. ""

The fix:

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/devscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=91f05b5

devscripts is not included in Fedora 18 or 19. It looks to be part of rawhide/the upcoming Fedora 20.

Although some Debian stuff is bundled in the rpmdevtools package, uscan does not appear to be.