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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4149-1 (plexus-utils2 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Charles Duffy discovered that the Commandline class in the utilities for the Plexus framework performs insufficient quoting of double-encoded strings, which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.
Affected Software
Affected Software
plexus-utils2 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.15-1+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed prior to the initial release. We recommend that you upgrade your plexus-utils2 packages. For the detailed security status of plexus-utils2 please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.