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CVE-2014-8170 (GCVE-0-2014-8170)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-25 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:10
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Summary
ovirt_safe_delete_config in ovirtfunctions.py and other unspecified locations in ovirt-node 3.0.0-474-gb852fd7 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 do not properly quote input strings, which allows remote authenticated users and physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ; (semicolon) in an input string.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2015-02-20 00:00
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