CVE-2009-2946

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    CVE-2009-2946

    Published: 4 Sept 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Eval injection vulnerability in scripts/uscan.pl before Rev 1984 in devscripts allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via crafted pathnames on distribution servers for upstream source code used in Debian GNU/Linux packages.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1878, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515209, http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/devscripts/trunk/scripts/uscan.pl?op=diff&rev=1984&sc=1, http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/devscripts/trunk/scripts/uscan.pl?op=log&rev=0&sc=1&isdir=0

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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