PT-2018-4261
CVE-2014-5220
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Published
2015-08-11
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Updated
2019-07-16
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
mdadm versions prior to 3.3.1-5.14.1
Description
The issue is related to the mdcheck script of the mdadm package, which does not properly sanitize device names. This allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 3.3.1-5.14.1, update to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 or later to resolve the issue.
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