FKIE_CVE-2023-2868

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-05-24 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:53
Severity
9.4 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A remote command injection vulnerability exists in the Barracuda Email Security Gateway (appliance form factor only) product effecting versions 5.1.3.001-9.2.0.006. The vulnerability arises out of a failure to comprehensively sanitize the processing of .tar file (tape archives). The vulnerability stems from incomplete input validation of a user-supplied .tar file as it pertains to the names of the files contained within the archive. As a consequence, a remote attacker can specifically format these file names in a particular manner that will result in remotely executing a system command through Perl's qx operator with the privileges of the Email Security Gateway product. This issue was fixed as part of BNSF-36456 patch. This patch was automatically applied to all customer appliances.
References
cve-coordination@google.comhttps://status.barracuda.com/incidents/34kx82j5n4q9Vendor Advisory
cve-coordination@google.comhttps://www.barracuda.com/company/legal/esg-vulnerabilityMitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://status.barracuda.com/incidents/34kx82j5n4q9Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.barracuda.com/company/legal/esg-vulnerabilityMitigation, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-2868US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
barracuda email_security_gateway_300_firmware *
barracuda email_security_gateway_300 -
barracuda email_security_gateway_400_firmware *
barracuda email_security_gateway_400 -
barracuda email_security_gateway_600_firmware *
barracuda email_security_gateway_600 -
barracuda email_security_gateway_800_firmware *
barracuda email_security_gateway_800 -
barracuda email_security_gateway_900_firmware *
barracuda email_security_gateway_900 -
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