DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5642

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5642

    Published: 31 Dec 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-5642

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5642

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fail2ban

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/fail2ban?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.6-3wheezy1

    Affected versions

    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