CVE-2012-5642

server/action.py in Fail2ban before 0.8.8 does not properly handle the content of the matches tag, which might allow remote attackers to trigger unsafe behavior in a custom action file via unspecified symbols in this content.

🔗 References (18)

• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00001.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00002.html
• secalert@redhathttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30193056
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:078
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/2
• secalert@redhathttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914
• secalert@redhathttps://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/83109bc
• secalert@redhathttps://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00001.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00002.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30193056
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:078
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/2
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572