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 not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

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: Tue May 5 21:18:42 2026