Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting devscripts package, versions <2.17.12ubuntu1.1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-DEVSCRIPTS-293343
- published11 Jul 2018
- disclosed1 Jul 2018
Introduced: 1 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-13043 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 devscripts to version 2.17.12ubuntu1.1 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
scripts/grep-excuses.pl in Debian devscripts through 2.18.3 allows code execution through unsafe YAML loading because YAML::Syck is used without a configuration that prevents unintended blessing.