CVE-2013-6888 (GCVE-0-2013-6888)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-07 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 17:53
VLAI
Summary
Uscan in devscripts before 2.13.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=138900586911271&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2084-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/56579 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2836 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/56192 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2014-01-05 00:00
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