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netkit-rsh — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336

netkit-rcp in rsh-client 0.17-24 allows command injection via filenames because /bin/sh is used by susystem, a related issue to CVE-2006-0225, CVE-2019-7283, and CVE-2020-15778.

Products
netkit-rsh
Affected versions
0.17-24
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2023-38336
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 16:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Jul 2023, 22:15 UTC

netkit-rcp in rsh-client 0.17-24 allows command injection via filenames because /bin/sh is used by susystem, a related issue to CVE-2006-0225, CVE-2019-7283, and CVE-2020-15778.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336

netkit-rsh

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "id": "c015f21a4feeac51896e6e3f2132c0d9b6f3740c87946327c3fb16408e73831b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336",
    "summary": "netkit-rcp in rsh-client 0.17-24 allows command injection via filenames because /bin/sh is used by susystem, a related issue to CVE-2006-0225, CVE-2019-7283, and CVE-2020-15778.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "netkit-rsh",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.17-24",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "netkit-rsh",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/netkit-rsh?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "versions": [
            "0.17-24"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38336.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:03:06.049323704Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-38336"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38336"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-38336",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 457622,
  "published_at": "2023-07-14T22:15:09.387+00:00"
}