CVE-2015-5704

high
Published 2017-09-25 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
7.8

Description

scripts/licensecheck.pl in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5704

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794260

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=c0687bcde23108dd42e146573c368b6905e6b8e8

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.15.7
debian debianbullseyefixed2.15.7
debian debianforkyfixed2.15.7
debian debiansidfixed2.15.7
debian debiantrixiefixed2.15.7
fedora fedora21affected
fedora fedora22affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
devscripts_devel_teamdevscripts{"endIncluding":"2.15.6"}

References

CWEs

CWE-77

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.