Bug 1249645 (CVE-2015-5705) - CVE-2015-5705 devscripts: argument injection vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2015-5705 devscripts: argument injection vulnerability
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-5705
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1249647
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-08-03 13:16 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-08-15 10:34:54 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2015-08-03 13:16:18 UTC 
In scripts/licensecheck.pl, there is code segment vulnerable to argument injection.

my $mime = `file --brief --mime --dereference $file`;

Upstream patch:
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=d8f8fa1d8e4151fa62997cb74403f97ab0d7e1a2

CVE assignment:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2015-08-03 13:17:23 UTC 
Created devscripts tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1249647]
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2015-08-12 07:04:17 UTC 
devscripts-2.15.8-1.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2015-08-12 07:05:00 UTC 
devscripts-2.15.8-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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