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Posted on 20 March 2018
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4146-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
March 20, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : plexus-utils
CVE ID : CVE-2017-1000487
Charles Duffy discovered that the Commandline class in the utilities for
the Plexus framework performs insufficient quoting of double-encoded
strings, which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:1.5.15-4+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your plexus-utils packages.
For the detailed security status of plexus-utils please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/plexus-utils
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
