Where
AND
-Infinity
0
Severity
6.8
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

scripts/dget.pl in devscripts before 2.10.73 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file, related to "arguments to external commands" that are not properly escaped, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2240.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

scripts/dget.pl in devscripts before 2.12.3 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file, probably related to a NULL byte in a filename.

First published (updated )
Severity
4
Command Injection

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

First published (updated )
Severity
4

In scripts/licensecheck.pl, there is code segment vulnerable to argument injection.

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

Upstream patch: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=d8f8fa1d8e4151fa62997cb74403f97ab0d7e1a2

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

First published (updated )

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