CVE-2019-18182

Name
CVE-2019-18182
Description
pacman before 5.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary command injection in conf.c in the download_with_xfercommand() function. This can be exploited when unsigned databases are used. To exploit the vulnerability, the user must enable a non-default XferCommand and retrieve an attacker-controlled crafted database and package.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=808a4f15ce82d2ed7eeb06de73d0f313620558ee
Release Notes https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-secdb/blob/master/v3.11/community.yaml
Exploit https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/src/pacman/conf.c?h=v5.1.3#n263
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2TTUXXUW5OCOASIRMJK4RHEPLEA33Y6C/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K53C45EDWBU3UCN3IRIGR5EZUNWXS7BW/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIDJ4XKBZRRVRFFGKUA3ZU6NFIP5JUG3/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:pacman_project:pacman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* pacman >= None < 5.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
pacman edge-community 5.2.0-r0 None fixed
pacman edge-community 5.1.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
pacman 3.22-community 5.2.0-r0 None fixed
pacman 3.22-community 5.1.3-r0 None possibly vulnerable
pacman 3.21-community 5.2.0-r0 None fixed
pacman 3.20-community 5.2.0-r0 None fixed
pacman 3.19-community 5.2.0-r0 None fixed
pacman 3.18-community 5.2.0-r0 None fixed
pacman 3.17-community 5.2.0-r0 None fixed