Arbitrary Command Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mdadm  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-MDADM-630492
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed8 Jun 2018

Introduced: 8 Jun 2018

CVE-2014-5220  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mdadm package and not the mdadm package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The mdcheck script of the mdadm package for openSUSE 13.2 prior to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 does not properly sanitize device names, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.