UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000203

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000203

    Published: 17 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Aliases:
    USN-4801-1

    Summary:

    Details: ROOT version 6.9.03 and below is vulnerable to an authenticated shell metacharacter injection in the rootd daemon resulting in remote code execution

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000203, https://github.com/root-project/root/commit/88ccff152604e0f1012653a596d802ff7ede3145#diff-6cd6f6c31bac70116b7ca7abdc8e517e, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000203, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4801-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: root-system

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.34.14-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    5.34.09-1
    5.34.10-1
    5.34.14-1
    5.34.14-1build1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High