CVE-2015-4035

Summary

CVECVE-2015-4035
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-25 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:25:00 UTC
Descriptionscripts/xzgrep.in in xzgrep 5.2.x before 5.2.0, before 5.0.0 does not properly process file names containing semicolons, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by having a user run xzgrep on a crafted file name.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Application Tukaani Xz All beta All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1223341 – CVE-2015-4035 xzgrep: incorrect parsing of filenames containing a semicolon CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: xzgrep 4.999.9beta arbitrary code execution vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: CVE request: xzgrep 4.999.9beta arbitrary code execution vulnerability MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.tukaani.org - xz.git/commitdiff git.tukaani.org
git.tukaani.org - xz.git/commitdiff CONFIRM git.tukaani.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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