CVE-2015-3408 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2015-3408?

CVE-2015-3408 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Module::Signature before 0.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted SIGNATURE file which is not properly handled when generating checksums from a signed manifest.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3408?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Module-Signature Project Module-Signature.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3408?

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-2015-3408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3408, GHSA-c37j-xf8x-83gh, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3408.