CVE-2014-8517

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8517
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-17 16:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe fetch_url function in usr.bin/ftp/fetch.c in tnftp, as used in NetBSD 5.1 through 5.1.4, 5.2 through 5.2.2, 6.0 through 6.0.6, and 6.1 through 6.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a | (pipe) character at the end of an HTTP redirect.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-77 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.10.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.10.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.8.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.9.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.1.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.1.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.1.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.1.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.2.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 5.2.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.0.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 6.1.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA62028 - NetBSD ftp "fetch_url()" Command Injection Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2015-01-27-4 OS X 10.10.2 and Security Update 2015-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
oss-sec: Re: ftp(1) can be made execute arbitrary commands by malicious webserver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2014-013.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
tnftp: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201611-05) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
oss-sec: ftp(1) can be made execute arbitrary commands by malicious webserver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
openSUSE-SU-2014:1383-1: moderate: tnftp: Prevent command exection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA62260 - SUSE update for tnftp - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
tnftp - 'savefile' Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.2 and Security Update 2015-001 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
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