MGASA-2017-0284

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Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0284.html

Import Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0284.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0284

Related

CVE-2017-12836

Published

2017-08-19T10:16:28Z

Modified

2017-08-19T09:54:53Z

Summary

Updated cvs package fixes security vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that CVS, a centralised version control system, did not correctly handle maliciously constructed repository URLs, which allowed an attacker to run an arbitrary shell command (CVE-2017-12836).

References

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0284.html
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21504
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3940

Credits

- Mageia - COORDINATOR
- - https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team

MGASA-2017-0284

Affected packages