Debian Lintian up to 1.23.6 sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Debian Lintian up to 1.23.6. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-4015. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Debian Lintian up to 1.23.6. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Lintian 1.23.x through 1.23.28, 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, and 2.x before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filename arguments.

The weakness was released 02/02/2010 with Debian (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4015. 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 current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/10/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44843 (Debian DSA-1979-1 : lintian - multiple vulnerabilities), 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 195038 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Lintian Vulnerabilities (USN-891-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (44843), SecurityFocus (BID 37975†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24757†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-51715 and VDB-51714. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 44843
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1979-1 : lintian - multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 840382
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for lintian vulnerabilities USN-891-1
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11/19/2009 🔍
01/27/2010 +69 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1869 days 🔍
02/10/2025 +3616 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: debian.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Debian
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-4015 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4015
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51716

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SecurityFocus: 37975 - Debian Lintian Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 24757 - Debian Lintian Local Directory Traversal and Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 02/10/2025 00:56
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (54), 02/20/2017 10:23 (11), 09/01/2021 00:32 (4), 09/01/2021 00:46 (1), 02/10/2025 00:56 (16)
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