UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38336

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38336
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38336.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38336
Upstream
Published
2023-07-14T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:25Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

netkit-rcp in rsh-client 0.17-24 allows command injection via filenames because /bin/sh is used by susystem, a related issue to CVE-2006-0225, CVE-2019-7283, and CVE-2020-15778.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / netkit-rsh

Package

Name
netkit-rsh
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/netkit-rsh@0.17-15?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.17-15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "rsh-client",
            "binary_version": "0.17-15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rsh-server",
            "binary_version": "0.17-15"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / netkit-rsh

Package

Name
netkit-rsh
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/netkit-rsh@0.17-17ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.17-17
0.17-17ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "rsh-client",
            "binary_version": "0.17-17ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rsh-server",
            "binary_version": "0.17-17ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / netkit-rsh

Package

Name
netkit-rsh
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/netkit-rsh@0.17-21?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.17-18
0.17-21

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "rsh-client",
            "binary_version": "0.17-21"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rsh-server",
            "binary_version": "0.17-21"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / netkit-rsh

Package

Name
netkit-rsh
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/netkit-rsh@0.17-22?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.17-22

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "rsh-client",
            "binary_version": "0.17-22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rsh-server",
            "binary_version": "0.17-22"
        }
    ]
}