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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-5642

Published: Dec 31, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5642
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Fail2banFail2ban*0.8.7.1 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.1.0 (including)0.1.0 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.1.1 (including)0.1.1 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.1.2 (including)0.1.2 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.3.0 (including)0.3.0 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.3.1 (including)0.3.1 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.4.0 (including)0.4.0 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.4.1 (including)0.4.1 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.5.0 (including)0.5.0 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.5.1 (including)0.5.1 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.5.2 (including)0.5.2 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.5.3 (including)0.5.3 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.5.4 (including)0.5.4 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.5.5 (including)0.5.5 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.6.0 (including)0.6.0 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.6.1 (including)0.6.1 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.0 (including)0.7.0 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.1 (including)0.7.1 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.2 (including)0.7.2 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.3 (including)0.7.3 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.4 (including)0.7.4 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.5 (including)0.7.5 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.6 (including)0.7.6 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.7 (including)0.7.7 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.8 (including)0.7.8 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.7.9 (including)0.7.9 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.8.0 (including)0.8.0 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.8.1 (including)0.8.1 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.8.2 (including)0.8.2 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.8.3 (including)0.8.3 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.8.4 (including)0.8.4 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.8.5 (including)0.8.5 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.8.6 (including)0.8.6 (including)
Fail2banFail2ban0.8.7 (including)0.8.7 (including)
Fail2banUbuntuhardy*
Fail2banUbuntulucid*
Fail2banUbuntuoneiric*
Fail2banUbuntuprecise*
Fail2banUbuntuquantal*
Fail2banUbunturaring*
Fail2banUbuntuupstream*

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