MGASA-2018-0445 - Updated python-dulwich packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 11 Nov 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0445.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2017-16228

Dulwich, when an SSH subprocess is used, allowed remote attackers to
execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character
in the hostname (CVE-2017-16228).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23346
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16228

SRPMS:
- 6/core/python-dulwich-0.12.0-1.2.mga6

Mageia 2018-0445: python-dulwich security update

Dulwich, when an SSH subprocess is used, allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname (CVE-2017-16228)

Summary

Dulwich, when an SSH subprocess is used, allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname (CVE-2017-16228).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23346

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16228

Resolution

MGASA-2018-0445 - Updated python-dulwich packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/python-dulwich-0.12.0-1.2.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 11 Nov 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0445.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2017-16228

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