SB2017050515 - Fedora 26 update for radicale



SB2017050515 - Fedora 26 update for radicale

Published: May 5, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017050515
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8342)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Radicale before 1.1.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0rc2 is prone to timing oracles and simple brute-force attacks when using the htpasswd authentication method.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.