CVE-2017-17459 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package fossil (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-FOSSIL-610307
- published7 Dec 2017
- disclosed7 Dec 2017
Introduced: 7 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17459 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fossil package and not the fossil package as distributed by Ubuntu.
http_transport.c in Fossil before 2.4, when the SSH sync protocol is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-14176, CVE-2017-16228, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-17459
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1071709
- https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/doc/trunk/www/changes.wiki#v2_4
- https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/info/1f63db591c77108c
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17459
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BLAFCQGE7C5UMX75LESNUMKTXTURUVQM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BLAFCQGE7C5UMX75LESNUMKTXTURUVQM/