CVE-2005-1854 Command injection in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Debian apt-cacher servers due to missing input sanitization.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2005-1854?

CVE-2005-1854 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unknown vulnerability in apt-cacher in Debian 3.1, related to "missing input sanitising," allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the caching server.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1854?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Debian Apt-Cacher.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1854?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2005-1854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1854, DSA-772-1, GHSA-9wxh-35jp-39hr.

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