CVE-2011-1018 (GCVE-0-2011-1018)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-02-25 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 22:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
logwatch.pl in Logwatch 7.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a log file name, as demonstrated via a crafted username to a Samba server.
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/15 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3184223&group_id=312875&atid=1316824 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0581 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/43495 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055585.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2182 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055617.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/43356 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0533 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/13 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/43644 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0324.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/43622 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46554 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://logwatch.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/logwatch/scripts/logwatch.pl?r1=3&r2=26&pathrev=26 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1078-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0596 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055579.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680237 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4D604843.7040303%40mblmail.net&forum_name=logwatch-devel mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/43734 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025165 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
Impacted products
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