SB2012121701 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for fail2ban
Published: December 17, 2012 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012121701
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5642)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
server/action.py in Fail2ban before 0.8.8 does not properly handle the content of the matches tag, which might allow remote attackers to trigger unsafe behavior in a custom action file via unspecified symbols in this content.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.