CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-12836
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
CVS 1.12.x, when configured to use SSH for remote repositories, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a repository URL with a crafted hostname, as demonstrated by "-oProxyCommand=id;localhost:/bar."
Affected configurations
• gnu cvs 1.12.1
• gnu cvs 1.12.3
• gnu cvs 1.12.5
• gnu cvs 1.12.6
• gnu cvs 1.12.7
• gnu cvs 1.12.9
• gnu cvs 1.12.10
• gnu cvs 1.12.11
• gnu cvs 1.12.12
• gnu cvs 1.12.13
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.04
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
References
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs/2017-08/msg00000.html Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3940 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/11/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/11/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100279 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3399-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1480800 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-17 Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs/2017-08/msg00000.html Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3940 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/11/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/11/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100279 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3399-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1480800 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-17 Third Party Advisory