CVE-2013-7069

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2013-7069 · Published 14/12/2013 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-7069 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting ack (beyondgrep).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.1%, higher than 87.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ack beyondgrep	`= 2.00= 2.02= 2.04= 2.05_01= 2.06= 2.08= 2.10= 2.11= 2.11_01= 2.11_02`	No fix yet

Description

ack 2.00 through 2.11_02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) --pager, (2) --regex, or (3) --output option in a .ackrc file in a directory to be searched.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00094.html
seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/484
secunia.com/advisories/55982 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/64196
petdance/ack2

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