High [CVE-2018-5265] Ubiquiti EdgeOS 1.9.1 on EdgeRouter Lite devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with admin credentials
This high-severity Ubiquiti advisory covers CVE-2018-5265 affecting EdgeRouter, Ubiquiti.
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Summary
Ubiquiti EdgeOS 1.9.1 on EdgeRouter Lite devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with admin credentials, because /opt/vyatta/share/vyatta-cfg/templates/system/static-host-mapping/host-name/node.def does not sanitize the 'alias' or 'ips' parameter for shell metacharacters.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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