CVE-2012-2242

NameCVE-2012-2242
Descriptionscripts/dget.pl in devscripts before 2.10.73 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file, related to "arguments to external commands" that are not properly escaped, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2240.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2549-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
devscripts (PTS)bullseye2.21.3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.23.4+deb12u2fixed
trixie2.24.8fixed
sid2.24.9fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
devscriptssourcesqueeze2.10.69+squeeze4DSA-2549-1
devscriptssource(unstable)2.12.3
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