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CVE-2012-5642 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00001.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00002.html	CVE
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914	CVE
https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/83109bc	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30193056	CVE
https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:078	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/2	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00002.html	[email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447572	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887914	[email protected]
https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/83109bc	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30193056	[email protected]
https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:078	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/2	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fail2ban fail2ban	<= 0.8.7.1 0.1.0 0.1.1 0.1.2 0.3.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

fail2ban fail2ban

<= 0.8.7.1

0.1.0

0.1.1

0.1.2

0.3.0

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 31, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]