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    CVE-2019-18183

    pacman before 5.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary command injection in lib/libalpm/sync.c in the apply_deltas() function. This can be exploited when unsigned databases are used. To exploit the vulnerability, the user must enable the non-default delta feature and retrieve an attacker-controlled crafted database and delta file.

    Published:Feb 24, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Feb 24, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.07867
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Pacman Project
    Product
    Pacman

    Exploits

    https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/lib/libalpm/sync.c?h=v5.1.3#n767https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/lib/libalpm/sync.c?h=v5.1.3#n767

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    References

    https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=c0e9be7973be6c81b22fde91516fb8991e7bb07b
    https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/lib/libalpm/sync.c?h=v5.1.3#n767
    https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-secdb/blob/master/v3.11/community.yaml
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2TTUXXUW5OCOASIRMJK4RHEPLEA33Y6C/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K53C45EDWBU3UCN3IRIGR5EZUNWXS7BW/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIDJ4XKBZRRVRFFGKUA3ZU6NFIP5JUG3/
    https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=c0e9be7973be6c81b22fde91516fb8991e7bb07b
    https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/lib/libalpm/sync.c?h=v5.1.3#n767
    https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-secdb/blob/master/v3.11/community.yaml
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2TTUXXUW5OCOASIRMJK4RHEPLEA33Y6C/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K53C45EDWBU3UCN3IRIGR5EZUNWXS7BW/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIDJ4XKBZRRVRFFGKUA3ZU6NFIP5JUG3/

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