CVE-2011-3211

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The server in Bcfg2 1.1.2 and earlier, and 1.2 prerelease, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in data received from a client.

Affected products

Bcfg2: through 1.1.2; 0.3.1, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.3 (+42)

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.bcfg2.devel/4318
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=640028
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066070.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066071.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/01/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/06/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/45807
http://secunia.com/advisories/45926
http://secunia.com/advisories/46042
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2302
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49414
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736279

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