CVE-2014-8517

critical

Description

The fetch_url function in usr.bin/ftp/fetch.c in tnftp, as used in NetBSD 5.1 through 5.1.4, 5.2 through 5.2.2, 6.0 through 6.0.6, and 6.1 through 6.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a | (pipe) character at the end of an HTTP redirect.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43112/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-05

http://support.apple.com/HT204244

http://secunia.com/advisories/62260

http://secunia.com/advisories/62028

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/464

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/459

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00029.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html

http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2014-013.txt.asc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-11-17

Updated: 2017-11-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical