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CVE-2009-2946

Published: 4 September 2009

Eval injection vulnerability in scripts/uscan.pl before Rev 1984 in devscripts allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via crafted pathnames on distribution servers for upstream source code used in Debian GNU/Linux packages.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
watch for regression fixed in dsa-1878-2:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.bugtraq/41022
jdstrand
lenny7 should have all fixes

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
devscripts
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.10.55)
dapper
Released (2.9.10-0ubuntu0.1)
hardy
Released (2.10.11ubuntu5.8.04.4)
intrepid
Released (2.10.26ubuntu15.2)
jaunty
Released (2.10.39ubuntu7.1)
Patches:
vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1878