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CVE-2012-5642

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/12/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.8.7.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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