CVE-2011-1412

Public Exploit

Description

sys/sys_unix.c in the ioQuake3 engine on Unix and Linux, as used in World of Padman 1.5.x before 1.5.1.1 and OpenArena 0.8.x-15 and 0.8.x-16, allows remote game servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a long fs_game variable.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.85% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-07/0338.html mailing list exploit
http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?view=rev&revision=2097 patch
http://thilo.tjps.eu/download/patches/ioq3-svn-r2097.diff patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/45468 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://worldofpadman.com/website/news/en/article/266/wop-1-5-1-1-hotfix-released-for-linux.html patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68869 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725951 patch exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/74137 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48915 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519051/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8324 third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-23 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45417 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063460.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1412?
CVE-2011-1412 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1412?
To fix CVE-2011-1412, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1412 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1412 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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