Upstream information

CVE-2012-5642 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 794953 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2013:0566-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:0567-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:40:28 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:18:21 2025