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Debian: CVE-2014-5220: mdadm -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 8, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The mdcheck script of the mdadm package for openSUSE 13.2 prior to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 does not properly sanitize device names, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Solution

debian-upgrade-mdadm
Title
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