DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2242

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2242
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2242.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2242
Upstream
Published
2012-10-01T00:55:01.337Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:01.786161Z
Summary
[none]
Details

scripts/dget.pl in devscripts before 2.10.73 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file, related to "arguments to external commands" that are not properly escaped, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2240.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / devscripts

Package

Name
devscripts
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devscripts?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2242.json"

Debian:12 / devscripts

Package

Name
devscripts
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devscripts?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2242.json"

Debian:13 / devscripts

Package

Name
devscripts
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devscripts?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2242.json"

Debian:14 / devscripts

Package

Name
devscripts
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devscripts?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2242.json"