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USN-1593-1: devscripts vulnerabilities

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USN-1593-1: devscripts vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/15/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the file name argument.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-devscripts

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