Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting tardiff package, versions <0.1-5~build0.16.04.1
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- published6 May 2016
- disclosed6 May 2016
Introduced: 6 May 2016
CVE-2015-0857 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 tardiff to version 0.1-5~build0.16.04.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tardiff package and not the tardiff package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-0857
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3562
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0857
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=9bd6a07bc204472ac27242cea16f89943b43003a
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=a18e8df51511df276e61dbccdbe1714fc53af965