CVE-2012-5642 describes a vulnerability in Fail2ban versions prior to 0.8.8, where improper handling of the 'matches' tag content in server/action.py could allow remote attackers to trigger unsafe behavior in custom action files. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact through a low-complexity network attack. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.8.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.