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CVE-2012-5642

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Date: December 31, 2012

server/action.py in Fail2ban before 0.8.8 does not properly handle the content of the matches tag, which might allow remote attackers to trigger unsafe behavior in a custom action file via unspecified symbols in this content.

Language: Python

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Related Resources (13)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/2
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30193056
https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/83109bc
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:078
https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00002.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5642
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5642
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00001.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-5642
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5642

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CVSS v3

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV):
Attack Complexity (AC):
Privileges Required (PR):
User Interaction (UI):
Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW
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