ubuntu-cve-2017-17459
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-12-07 18:29
Modified
2025-09-08 16:44
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "fossil",
            "binary_version": "1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "fossil",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/fossil@1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:1.33-3",
        "1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17459",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:32Z",
  "published": "2017-12-07T18:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17459"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/info/1f63db591c77108c"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1071709"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/doc/trunk/www/changes.wiki#v2_4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17459"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-17459"
  ]
}



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