VDB-65996 · CVE-2013-6888 · DSA-2836

Devscripts Devel Team devscripts up to 2.13.8 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Devscripts Devel Team devscripts up to 2.13.8. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Uscan in devscripts before 2.13.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball.

The weakness was released 01/07/2014 with Debian (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-6888 since 11/28/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71802 (Debian DSA-2836-1 : devscripts - arbitrary code execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195815 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Devscripts Vulnerability (USN-2084-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.13.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (90107), Tenable (71802), SecurityFocus (BID 64656†), Secunia (SA56192†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42825†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-146599.

Productinfo

Vendor

Devscripts Devel Team

Name

devscripts

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 71802
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2836-1 : devscripts - arbitrary code execution
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OpenVAS ID: 702836
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2836-1 (devscripts - arbitrary code execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: devscripts 2.13.4
Patch: 02c6850d973e3e1246fde72edab27f03d63acc52

Timelineinfo

11/28/2013 🔍
01/06/2014 +39 days 🔍
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01/08/2014 +1 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +440 days 🔍
12/23/2024 +3562 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: DSA-2836
Organization: Debian
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-6888 (🔍)
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X-Force: 90107
SecurityFocus: 64656 - Debian devscripts 'uscan' CVE-2013-6888 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 56192
Vulnerability Center: 42825 - Devscripts before 2.13.9 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Crafted TarBall, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 03:54 PM
Updated: 12/23/2024 03:39 AM
Changes: 03/24/2015 03:54 PM (65), 05/19/2017 10:37 AM (8), 01/18/2022 07:29 PM (5), 01/18/2022 07:36 PM (2), 12/23/2024 03:39 AM (20)
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