National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-5642

Overview

server/action.py in Fail2ban before 0.8.8 does not properly handle the content of the matches tag, which might allow remote attackers to trigger unsafe behavior in a custom action file via unspecified symbols in this content.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/83109bc

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/83109bc

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog

Hyperlink:https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572

Hyperlink:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20121217 Re: CVE request: fail2ban 0.8.8 fixes an input variable quoting flaw on <matches> content

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [fail2ban-users] 20121206 0.8.8 release

Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30193056