CVE-2012-0211

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    CVE-2012-0211

    Published: 16 Jun 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball file name in the top-level directory of an original (.orig) source tarball of a source package.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/47955, http://secunia.com/advisories/48039, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2409, http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=87f88232eb643f0c118c6ba38db8e966915b450f, http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9cbe605d3eab4f9e67525f69b676c55b273b7a03, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1366-1, http://www.osvdb.org/79320, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52029, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73216

    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