vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-5704): openocd vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 16, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

Open On-Chip Debugger (OpenOCD) 0.10.0 does not block attempts to use HTTP POST for sending data to 127.0.0.1 port 4444, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-protocol scripting attacks, and consequently execute arbitrary commands, via a crafted web site.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-openocd
Title
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