OS Command Injection Affecting ohcount package, versions *
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- published22 Nov 2017
- disclosed22 Nov 2017
Introduced: 22 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-16926 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 ohcount.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ohcount package and not the ohcount package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Ohcount 3.0.0 is prone to a command injection via specially crafted filenames containing shell metacharacters, which can be exploited by an attacker (providing a source tree for Ohcount processing) to execute arbitrary code as the user running Ohcount.