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Debian: CVE-2016-1253: most -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-1253: most -- security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The most package in Debian wheezy before 5.0.0a-2.2, in Debian jessie before 5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1, and in Debian unstable before 5.0.0a-3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of an LZMA-compressed file.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-most

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