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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-3500: aria2 Metadata and potential password leak

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-3500: aria2 Metadata and potential password leak

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/02/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/15/2019
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

aria2c in aria2 1.33.1, when --log is used, can store an HTTP Basic Authentication username and password in a file, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-aria2

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