CVE-2015-5704
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
scripts/licensecheck.pl in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Fedora Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Affected | — |
| 21 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.15.7 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.15.7 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.15.7 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.15.7 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.15.7 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| devscripts_devel_team | devscripts | {"endIncluding":"2.15.6"} | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163705.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163710.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76143
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=c0687bcde23108dd42e146573c368b6905e6b8e8
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794260
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249635
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5704
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.