CVE-2019-18183

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-18183
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-24 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:06:00 UTC
Descriptionpacman 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Pacman Project Pacman All All All All
Application Pacman Project Pacman All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: pacman-5.2.1-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: pacman-5.2.1-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: pacman-5.2.1-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: pacman-5.2.1-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: pacman-5.2.1-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: pacman-5.2.1-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
alpine-secdb/community.yaml at master · alpinelinux/alpine-secdb · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
pacman.git - The official pacman repository MISC git.archlinux.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
sync.c « libalpm « lib - pacman.git - The official pacman repository MISC git.archlinux.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501109 Alpine Linux Security Update for pacman
  • 505201 Alpine Linux Security Update for pacman

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