USN-3605-1

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    USN-3605-1

    Published: 22 Mar 2018Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: sharutils vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Sharutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3605-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000097

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sharutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/sharutils@1:4.14-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.14-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1:4.11.1-1ubuntu2

    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