CVE-2023-2868
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-05-24 18:00
Modified
2025-02-04 18:34
Severity ?
9.4 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS score ?
87.71% (0.99437)
Summary
A remote command injection vulnerability exists in the Barracuda Email Security Gateway (appliance form factor only) product effecting versions 5.1.3.001-9.2.0.006. The vulnerability arises out of a failure to comprehensively sanitize the processing of .tar file (tape archives). The vulnerability stems from incomplete input validation of a user-supplied .tar file as it pertains to the names of the files contained within the archive. As a consequence, a remote attacker can specifically format these file names in a particular manner that will result in remotely executing a system command through Perl's qx operator with the privileges of the Email Security Gateway product. This issue was fixed as part of BNSF-36456 patch. This patch was automatically applied to all customer appliances.
References
cve-coordination@google.comhttps://status.barracuda.com/incidents/34kx82j5n4q9Vendor Advisory
cve-coordination@google.comhttps://www.barracuda.com/company/legal/esg-vulnerabilityMitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://status.barracuda.com/incidents/34kx82j5n4q9Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.barracuda.com/company/legal/esg-vulnerabilityMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Barracuda Barracuda Email Security Gateway Version: 5.1.3.001   < 9.2.0.006
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
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Date added: 2023-05-26

Due date: 2023-06-16

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://status.barracuda.com/incidents/34kx82j5n4q9; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2868

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