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title: "CVE-2012-0212\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-0212

Publication date 15 February 2012

Last updated 26 May 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters
in the file name argument.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| devscripts | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 2.11.1ubuntu3.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 2.10.69ubuntu2.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 2.10.67ubuntu1.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.10.61ubuntu5.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.10.11ubuntu5.8.04.5 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0212)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0212)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0212)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0212)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1366-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1366-1)
+ devscripts vulnerabilities
+ 15 February 2012

+ [USN-1593-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1593-1)
+ devscripts vulnerabilities
+ 2 October 2012

### Other references

* <http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2409-1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0212>