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CVE-2014-0156 — OS Command Injection in awesome_spawn — CVE Details

CRITICAL

OS Command Injection in awesome spawn

Published July 1, 2022Updated February 18, 2024Source: osv

Summary

Awesome spawn prior to version 1.2.0 contains OS command injection vulnerability, which allows execution of additional commands passed to Awesome spawn as arguments. If untrusted input was included in command arguments, attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary command.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published July 1, 2022 (1565 days ago).
  • Last revised February 18, 2024 — 597 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler
Update awesome_spawn to 1.2.0 or later
gem install awesome_spawn -v 1.2.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
awesome_spawn
rubygems
1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.11.2.0

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-78
    OS Command InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2014-0156?
OS Command Injection in awesome spawn This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2014-0156?
CVE-2014-0156 affects awesome_spawn. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2014-0156 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-qpqw-mc85-qvm9

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