CVE-2017-10906 (GCVE-0-2017-10906)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-08 15:00
Modified
2024-08-05 17:50
Severity ?
Summary
Escape sequence injection vulnerability in Fluentd versions 0.12.29 through 0.12.40 may allow an attacker to change the terminal UI or execute arbitrary commands on the device via unspecified vectors.
References
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2225Third Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://github.com/fluent/fluentd/blob/v0.12/CHANGELOG.md#bug-fixesIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/1733Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
vultures@jpcert.or.jphttps://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU95124098/index.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2225Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/blob/v0.12/CHANGELOG.md#bug-fixesIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/1733Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU95124098/index.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Fluentd Version: 0.12.29 through 0.12.40
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