UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17459

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17459
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17459.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17459
Upstream
Published
2017-12-07T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:32Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / fossil

Package

Name
fossil
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fossil@1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.33-3
1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "fossil"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17459.json"