PyPi: Portage

CVE-2016-20021

Safety vulnerability ID: 66717

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Created at Jan 12, 2024 Updated at Jan 22, 2025

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Advisory

In Gentoo Portage before 3.0.47, there is missing PGP validation of executed code: the standalone emerge-webrsync downloads a .gpgsig file but does not perform signature verification. Unless emerge-webrsync is used, Portage is not vulnerable.

Affected package

portage

Latest version: 3.0.67

Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo

Affected versions

Fixed versions

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

CRITICAL 9.8

CVSS v3 Details

CRITICAL 9.8

Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C): HIGH
Integrity Impact (I): HIGH
Availability Availability (A): HIGH