CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-17459

Published: Dec 07, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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http_transport.c in Fossil before 2.4, when the SSH sync protocol is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-14176, CVE-2017-16228, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FossilFossil_scm*2.4 (excluding)
FossilUbuntuartful*
FossilUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
FossilUbuntutrusty*
FossilUbuntuupstream*
FossilUbuntuxenial*
FossilUbuntuzesty*

References