CVE-2015-8400
high
CVSS v3
7.4
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.4
Description
The HTTPS fallback implementation in Shell In A Box (aka shellinabox) before 2.19 makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct DNS rebinding attacks via the "/plain" URL.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.19 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.19 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.19 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.19 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.19 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| shellinabox_project | shellinabox | {"endIncluding":"2.18"} | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175117.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175224.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/7
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/issues/355
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/releases/tag/v2.19
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8400
CWEs
CWE-254
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.