CVE-2009-4015

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Lintian 1.23.x through 1.23.28, 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, and 2.x before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filename arguments.

Affected products

Debian Lintian: 1.23.0, 1.23.1, 1.23.2, 1.23.3, 1.23.4, 1.23.5 (+54)

References

http://git.debian.org/?p=lintian/lintian.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c8d01f062b3e5137cf65196760b079a855c75e00
http://git.debian.org/?p=lintian/lintian.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fbe0c92b2ef7e360d13414bf40d6af5507d0c86d
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.3.2/changelog
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lintian/news/20100128T015554Z.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38375
http://secunia.com/advisories/38379
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1979
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37975
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-891-1
http://git.debian.org/?p=lintian/lintian.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c8d01f062b3e5137cf65196760b079a855c75e00
http://git.debian.org/?p=lintian/lintian.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fbe0c92b2ef7e360d13414bf40d6af5507d0c86d
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.3.2/changelog

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