CVE-2017-17459 Information

Description

http_transport.c in Fossil before 2.4 when the SSH sync protocol is used allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname a related issue to CVE-2017-9800 CVE-2017-12836 CVE-2017-12976 CVE-2017-14176 CVE-2017-16228 CVE-2017-1000116 and CVE-2017-1000117.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1071709 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BLAFCQGE7C5UMX75LESNUMKTXTURUVQM/ https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/doc/trunk/www/changes.wikiv2_4 https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/info/1f63db591c77108c

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8