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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-078

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-078
Posted Apr 10, 2013
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-078 - fail2ban before 0.8.8 didn't escape the content of <matches> (if used in custom action files), which could cause issues on the system running fail2ban as it scans log files, depending on what content is matched, since that content could contain arbitrary symbols.

tags | advisory, arbitrary
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2012-5642
SHA-256 | 02f0ceebdef9f69b3240d65ae187a46acf7a7e763e43fddb26a82309d5e67241

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-078

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:078
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : fail2ban
Date : April 9, 2013
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated fail2ban package fixes security vulnerability:

fail2ban before 0.8.8 didn't escape the content of \<matches\> (if used
in custom action files), which could cause issues on the system running
fail2ban as it scans log files, depending on what content is matched,
since that content could contain arbitrary symbols (CVE-2012-5642).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5642
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0372
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
02b6ad856438586b58cb6226d210cedd mbs1/x86_64/fail2ban-0.8.6-3.1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
1f6f5e01367b978b7f1643eb754a5f28 mbs1/SRPMS/fail2ban-0.8.6-3.1.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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