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CVE-2019-18183
CRITICAL9.8
Description
pacman before 5.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary command injection in lib/libalpm/sync.c in the apply_deltas() function. This can be exploited when unsigned databases are used. To exploit the vulnerability, the user must enable the non-default delta feature and retrieve an attacker-controlled crafted database and delta file.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score9.8
SeverityCRITICAL
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Published2/24/2020
Last Modified11/21/2024
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
fedoraproject:fedorapacman_project:pacman
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-78
References
https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=c0e9be7973be6c81b22fde91516fb8991e7bb07b(cve@mitre.org)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2TTUXXUW5OCOASIRMJK4RHEPLEA33Y6C/(cve@mitre.org)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K53C45EDWBU3UCN3IRIGR5EZUNWXS7BW/(cve@mitre.org)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIDJ4XKBZRRVRFFGKUA3ZU6NFIP5JUG3/(cve@mitre.org)
https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=c0e9be7973be6c81b22fde91516fb8991e7bb07b(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/lib/libalpm/sync.c?h=v5.1.3#n767(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-secdb/blob/master/v3.11/community.yaml(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2TTUXXUW5OCOASIRMJK4RHEPLEA33Y6C/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K53C45EDWBU3UCN3IRIGR5EZUNWXS7BW/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIDJ4XKBZRRVRFFGKUA3ZU6NFIP5JUG3/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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