CVE-2019-17080

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-17080
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-02 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-08 18:23:00 UTC
Descriptionmintinstall (aka Software Manager) 7.9.9 for Linux Mint allows code execution if a REVIEWS_CACHE file is controlled by an attacker, because an unpickle occurs. This is resolved in 8.0.0 and backports.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linuxmint Mintinstall 7.9.9 All All All
Application Linuxmint Mintinstall 7.9.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Notice: CVE-2019-17080 - Linux Mint Forums MISC forums.linuxmint.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
mintinstall 7.9.9 Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
GitHub - Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injection: CVE-2019-17080 MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
mintinstall/changelog at master · linuxmint/mintinstall · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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