CVE-2017-12836

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12836
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-24 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionCVS 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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.1 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.10 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.11 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.12 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.13 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.3 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.5 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.6 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.7 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.9 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.1 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.10 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.11 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.12 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.13 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.3 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.5 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.6 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.7 All All All
Application Gnu Cvs 1.12.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RedHat CVS CVE-2017-12836 Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVS: Command injection (GLSA 201709-17) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3940-1 cvs DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVS and ssh command injection (see CVE-2017-1000117, etc.) MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3399-1: cvs vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVS and ssh command injection (see CVE-2017-1000117, etc.) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVS and ssh command injection (see CVE-2017-1000117, etc.) MLIST lists.nongnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
1480800 – (CVE-2017-12836) CVE-2017-12836 cvs: Command injection via malicious ssh URLs MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500139 Alpine Linux Security Update for cvs
  • 503789 Alpine Linux Security Update for cvs
  • 710381 Gentoo Linux CVS Command injection Vulnerability (GLSA 201709-17)
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