{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17459","details":"http_transport.c in Fossil before 2.4, when the SSH sync protocol is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-14176, CVE-2017-16228, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:44:32Z","published":"2017-12-07T18:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-17459"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17459"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/info/1f63db591c77108c"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1071709"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/doc/trunk/www/changes.wiki#v2_4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17459"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"fossil","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/fossil@1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:1.33-3","1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"fossil"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17459.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}