UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15924

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15924

    Published: 27 Oct 2017Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15924

    Summary:

    Details: In manager.c in ss-manager in shadowsocks-libev 3.1.0, improper parsing allows command injection via shell metacharacters in a JSON configuration request received via 127.0.0.1 UDP traffic, related to the add_server, build_config, and construct_command_line functions.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15924, https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-010-shadowsocks-libev/, https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev/issues/1734, https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev/commit/c67d275, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/13/2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15924

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: shadowsocks-libev

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+ds-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.3+ds-1ubuntu2

    Affected versions

    3.0.8+ds-2

    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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