UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17459

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17459

    Published: 7 Dec 2017Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17459

    Summary:

    Details: http_transport.c in Fossil before 2.4, when the SSH sync protocol is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-14176, CVE-2017-16228, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17459, https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/info/1f63db591c77108c, https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1071709, https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/doc/trunk/www/changes.wiki#v2_4, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17459

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fossil

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/fossil@1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:1.33-3

    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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