CVE-2019-18183
CRITICAL
9.8
Our Analysis: General Purpose
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Published Date
February 24, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
CVSS Vector
Not Available
Description
pacman before 5.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary command injection in lib/libalpm/sync.c in the apply_deltas() function. This can be exploited when unsigned databases are used. To exploit the vulnerability, the user must enable the non-default delta feature and retrieve an attacker-controlled crafted database and delta file.