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CVE-2012-2242

Published: 15 September 2012

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
devscripts
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (2.10.61ubuntu5.3)
natty
Released (2.10.69ubuntu2.2)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(2.11.1ubuntu3.1)
precise Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2.12.3)
Patches:
vendor: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git;a=commit;h=db49f493baaac2387a4dd76370c1018109e31dfc (2.10)