Improper access control - CVE-2016-8606

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Improper access control - CVE-2016-8606

Published: January 13, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33064
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8606
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The REPL server (--listen) in GNU Guile 2.0.12 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP inter-protocol attack.


Affected software

Arch Linux
Fedora
guile (Alpine package)
xen (Alpine package)
compat-guile18
guile

How to mitigate CVE-2016-8606

Install update from vendor's website.

guile (Alpine package) - update to 2.0.11-r3
xen (Alpine package) - update to 4.6.3-r3
compat-guile18 - addressed in versions 1.8.8-14.el7, 1.8.8-14.fc23, 1.8.8-14.fc24, 1.8.8-14.fc25
guile - addressed in versions 2.0.13-1.fc23, 2.0.13-1.fc24, 2.0.13-1.fc25

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