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SUSE: CVE-2016-8606: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-8606: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The REPL server (--listen) in GNU Guile 2.0.12 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP inter-protocol attack.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-guile
  • suse-upgrade-guile-devel
  • suse-upgrade-guile-modules-2_0
  • suse-upgrade-libguile-2_0-22
  • suse-upgrade-libguilereadline-v-18-18

References

  • 93514
  • CVE-2016-8606
  • DLA-666-1

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