CVE-2013-1910

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 31, 2019 at 06:36 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxYumYum

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

yum does not properly handle bad metadata, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly have other unspecified impact via a Trojan horse file in the metadata of a remote repository.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (6)

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/29/4
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58533
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1910
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83348

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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