Security
Security
A vulnerability was discovered in XRootD which could lead to the remote execution of code.
| Package | net-libs/xrootd on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.8.3 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.8.3 |
A project that aims at giving high performance, scalable, and fault tolerant access to data repositories of many kinds.
A shell command injection was discovered in XRootD.
A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All XRootD users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/xrootd-4.8.3"
Release date
March 14, 2019
Latest revision
March 14, 2019: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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