CVE-2010-3752 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote authenticated gateways can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in Cisco DNS or domain info data.

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

What is CVE-2010-3752?

CVE-2010-3752 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Oct 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

programs/pluto/xauth.c in the client in Openswan 2.6.25 through 2.6.28 allows remote authenticated gateways to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) cisco_dns_info or (2) cisco_domain_info data in a packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3302.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3752?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Xelerance Openswan.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3752?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2010-3752 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-46rf-hcw5-3qq2.

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