Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-27635
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the debian-goodies package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
debmany in debian-goodies 0.88.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands (because of an eval call) via a crafted .deb file. (The path is shown to the user before execution.)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | debian-goodies | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27635 |
| Debian:13 | debian-goodies | 0.88.2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27635 |
| Debian:14 | debian-goodies | 0.88.2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27635 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | debian-goodies | 0.87ubuntu1.1 | USN-6714-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | debian-goodies | 0.87ubuntu1.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-27635 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | debian-goodies | 0.88.1ubuntu1.3 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-27635 |