Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package devscripts  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-DEVSCRIPTS-645932
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed1 Oct 2012

Introduced: 1 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-2242  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream devscripts package and not the devscripts package as distributed by Ubuntu.

scripts/dget.pl in devscripts before 2.10.73 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file, related to "arguments to external commands" that are not properly escaped, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2240.