CVE-2015-0857
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.1-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.1-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.1-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.1-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.1-5 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tardiff_project | tardiff | - | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3562
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=9bd6a07bc204472ac27242cea16f89943b43003a
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=a18e8df51511df276e61dbccdbe1714fc53af965
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0857
CWEs
CWE-77
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.