Description
scponly 4.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions and execute code by invoking dangerous subcommands including (1) unison, (2) rsync, (3) svn, and (4) svnserve, as originally demonstrated by creating a Subversion (SVN) repository with malicious hooks, then using svn to trigger execution of those hooks.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 8.5/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=437148
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201726
- http://osvdb.org/44137
- http://scponly.cvs.sourceforge.net/scponly/scponly/SECURITY?view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28123Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28538Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28944Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28981Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-06.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1473
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26900
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019103
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4243Vendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00546.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00595.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=437148
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201726
- http://osvdb.org/44137
- http://scponly.cvs.sourceforge.net/scponly/scponly/SECURITY?view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28123Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28538Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28944Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28981Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-06.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1473
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26900
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019103
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4243Vendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00546.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00595.html
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 14, 2007
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified