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CVE-2015-5704
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-77
Description
scripts/licensecheck.pl in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands.
Affected products
- Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts: through 2.15.6
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 21, 22
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163705.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163710.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76143
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=c0687bcde23108dd42e146573c368b6905e6b8e8
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794260
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249635
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163705.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163710.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76143
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=c0687bcde23108dd42e146573c368b6905e6b8e8
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