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Low · 3.7 CVE-2021-4258 EUVD-2021-34104GHSA-xgxj-cfph-mm49

whohas Package Information cleartext transmission

Published Dec 19, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

Description

A vulnerability was found in whohas. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Package Information Handler. The manipulation leads to cleartext transmission of sensitive information. The attack may be initiated remotely. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The name of the patch is 667c3e2e9178f15c23d7918b5db25cd0792c8472. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216251. NOTE: Most sources redirect to the encrypted site which limits the possibilities of an attack.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— whohas — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 whohas No fix yet —
Debian 13 whohas No fix yet —
Debian 12 whohas No fix yet —

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