CVE-2012-5642

fail2ban < 0.8.8 - Unsafe Custom Action Execution via Matches Tag Content

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (9)

Core 9
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00002.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:078
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00001.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0312
EPSS Percentile 86.2%

Details

Status published
Products (34)
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.1.0
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.1.1
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.1.2
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.3.0
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.3.1
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.4.0
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.4.1
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.5.0
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.5.1
fail2ban/fail2ban 0.5.2
... and 24 more
Published Dec 31, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026