VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-1910
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact via a Trojan horse file in the metadata of a remote repository.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.50%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact via a Trojan horse file in the metadata of a remote repository.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.50% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- baseurl/yum · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/29/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58533Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1910Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1910Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83348Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1910Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/29/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58533Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1910Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1910Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83348Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1910Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.