Your submission was sent successfully! Close

You have successfully unsubscribed! Close

Thank you for signing up for our newsletter!
In these regular emails you will find the latest updates about Ubuntu and upcoming events where you can meet our team.Close

CVE-2017-8829

Published: 8 May 2017

Deserialization vulnerability in lintian through 2.5.50.3 allows attackers to trigger code execution by requesting a review of a source package with a crafted YAML file.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
lintian
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable
(upstream metedata file not checked)
trusty Not vulnerable
(upstream metadata file not checked)
upstream
Released (2.5.50.4)
xenial
Released (2.5.43ubuntu0.1)
yakkety
Released (2.5.48ubuntu0.1)
zesty
Released (2.5.50.1ubuntu0.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=0a2f38ecbc70d34a4b77c93a030555b310bd34ff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H