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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-1000215: XRootD: Remote code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-1000215: XRootD: Remote code execution

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/17/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
03/14/2019
Modified
03/14/2019

Description

ROOT xrootd version 4.6.0 and below is vulnerable to an unauthenticated shell command injection resulting in remote code execution

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-libs-xrootd

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