VDB
CVE-2012-5642
CVE-2012-5642
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 3.12% · 87.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
7.5
EPSS Score
3.12%
87.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| fail2ban | fail2ban | 0.7.6, 0.1.0, 0.3.0 |
| n/a | n/a | * |
Timeline
- Dec 31, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/83109bc url
- [fail2ban-users] 20121206 0.8.8 release mailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0567 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914 url
- MDVSA-2013:078 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0566 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20121217 Re: CVE request: fail2ban 0.8.8 fixes an input variable quoting flaw on <matches> content mailing-list
- https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog url
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5642 advisory