CVE-2016-1253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-12-05

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 13.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:debian:most:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:debian:most:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-745-1	most security update

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.13545.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/666
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94931
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848132
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/12/msg00020.html

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux Most

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2017-12-05T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:48:13.626Z

Reserved: 2015-12-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1253

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-05T16:29:00.267

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-1253

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-78

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