CVE-2017-1000487

Publication date 3 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discoverd that Plexus-utils incorrectly handled double quoted strings, An attacker could use this for command injection.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
plexus-utils 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
plexus-utils2 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.0.5-1+deb7u1build0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H