vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-0857): tardiff vulnerability

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 6, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-tardiff
Title
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