Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting reportbug-ng package, versions <0.2008.03.28


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-REPORTBUGNG-326313
  • published11 Jun 2008
  • disclosed11 Jun 2008

Introduced: 11 Jun 2008

CVE-2008-2230  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 reportbug-ng to version 0.2008.03.28 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream reportbug-ng package and not the reportbug-ng package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in (1) reportbug 3.8 and 3.31, and (2) reportbug-ng before 0.2008.06.04, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module file in the current working directory.

CVSS Scores

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