CVE-2016-1253
Publication date 5 December 2017
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
The most package in Debian wheezy before 5.0.0a-2.2, in Debian jessie before 5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1, and in Debian unstable before 5.0.0a-3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of an LZMA-compressed file.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that most is vulnerable to shell injection attack. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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most | ||
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
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Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score |
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Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |