VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5642
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.12%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.12% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- fail2ban/fail2ban
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00002.html
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30193056
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:078
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914
- https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/83109bcPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00002.html
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30193056
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:078
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914
- https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/83109bcPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.