SB2016062708 - Command injection in asciinema (Alpine package) 



SB2016062708 - Command injection in asciinema (Alpine package)

Published: June 27, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016062708
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2004-2771)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The weakness exists in the expand function in fio.c due to command injection. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an email address.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.