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Paul Wise discovered that debdiff did not properly sanitize its input when processing .dsc and .changes files. If debdiff processed a crafted file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-0210) Raphael Geissert discovered that debdiff did not properly sanitize its input when processing source packages. If debdiff processed an original source tarball, with crafted filenames in the top-level directory, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-0211) Raphael Geissert discovered that debdiff did not properly sanitize its input when processing filename parameters. If debdiff processed a crafted filename parameter, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-0212)

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• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001591.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25