Improper Input Validation Affecting devscripts package, versions <2.13.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.7% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-DEVSCRIPTS-293321
  • published14 Dec 2013
  • disclosed14 Dec 2013

Introduced: 14 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-7085  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 devscripts to version 2.13.9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream devscripts package and not the devscripts package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Uscan in devscripts 2.13.5, when USCAN_EXCLUSION is enabled, allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a whitespace character in a filename.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1