PT-2010-1025

CVE-2009-4015

Published

2010-02-02

Updated

2010-02-04

Description by

CVSS 2.0

7.5

High

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lintian versions 1.23.x through 1.23.28 Lintian versions 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1 Lintian versions 2.x before 2.3.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filename arguments, potentially leading to disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. This can be exploited remotely.

Recommendations For Lintian versions 1.23.x through 1.23.28, update to a version after 1.23.28 or apply a patch if available. For Lintian versions 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, update to a version after 1.24.2.1 or apply a patch if available. For Lintian versions 2.x before 2.3.2, update to version 2.3.2 or later.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (\'Path Traversal\')

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (\'SQL Injection\')

Related identifiers

CVE-2009-4015

BDU:2015-02904