PT-2020-21537

Published

2020-09-02

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Updated

2020-09-02

Description by

CVSS 3.1
9.8
Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions destroyer-of-worlds (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue concerns a package that contains malicious code, specifically a bash script run as a postinstall script. This script is designed to delete system files and exhaust system resources by creating a large file, initiating a fork bomb, and executing an endless loop. The malicious code targets UNIX systems.
Recommendations Remove the destroyer-of-worlds package from your environment and perform additional incident response on your system's files and processes.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
GHSA-W3F3-4J22-2V3P
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