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CVE-2019-18182

pacman before 5.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary command injection in conf.c in the download_with_xfercommand() function.

Impact

pacman before 5.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary command injection in conf.c in the download_with_xfercommand() function. This can be exploited when unsigned databases are used. To exploit the vulnerability, the user must enable a non-default XferCommand and retrieve an attacker-controlled crafted database and package.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Pacman ProjectPacman
before 5.2
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 30, 31, 32

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