CVE-2017-17459 in Fossil

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 12/07/2017
• Disclosure: 12/07/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-110336
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-77 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.5
• EPSS: 0.01561
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17459
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17459
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-17459/