CVE-2017-1000487

Description

Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 22.17% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00011.html third party advisory mailing list
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31522 third party advisory patch
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4149 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4146 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/b38a1b3a4352303e4312b2bb601a0d7ec6e28f41 third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00010.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2e94f72f53df432302d359fd66cfa9e9efb8d42633d54579a4377e62%40%3Cdev.avro.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9584c4304c888f651d214341a939bd264ed30c9e3d0d30fe85097ecf%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-1000487?
CVE-2017-1000487 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-1000487?
To fix CVE-2017-1000487, 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-2017-1000487 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-1000487 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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