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Debian: CVE-2022-2553: booth -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 28, 2022
Added
Aug 17, 2022
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node. As a result, nodes that do not have the correct authentication key are not prevented from communicating with other nodes in the cluster.

Solution

debian-upgrade-booth
Title
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