CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Fail2ban. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The weakness was released 12/31/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-5642 since 10/24/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74950 (openSUSE Security Update : fail2ban (openSUSE-SU-2013:0566-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 0.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80703) and Tenable (74950).
Product
Name
Version
- 0.1.0
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.2
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.1
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.5
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.7.4
- 0.7.5
- 0.7.6
- 0.7.7
- 0.7.8
- 0.7.9
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.8.3
- 0.8.4
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.7
- 0.8.7.1
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Remote Code ExecutionCWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 74950
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : fail2ban (openSUSE-SU-2013:0566-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 864966
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for fail2ban FEDORA-2012-20619
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Fail2ban 0.4.0
Patch: github.com
Timeline
10/24/2012 🔍12/17/2012 🔍
12/17/2012 🔍
12/31/2012 🔍
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01/06/2013 🔍
06/13/2014 🔍
03/24/2015 🔍
12/21/2021 🔍
Sources
Advisory: github.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-5642 (🔍)
X-Force: 80703
Vulnerability Center: 37901 - Fail2ban <0.8.8 Remote Malicious Insertion of Content due to Improper Handling of the Matches Tag, High
SecurityFocus: 56963 - Fail2ban CVE-2012-5642 Arbitrary Log Content Injection Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 12:22Updated: 12/21/2021 09:02
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (62), 04/23/2017 13:58 (4), 12/21/2021 09:01 (3), 12/21/2021 09:02 (1)
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