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CVE-2016-200219.8CriticalCWE-347

CVE-2016-20021: Gentoo Portage vulnerability

Gentoo · Portage

Affected: Gentoo Portage · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
40th percentile
050100

Higher than 40% of scored CVEs

9.8CriticalCVSS 3.1
LowCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

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Exploitation
Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Gentoo
Published
January 2024

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2016-20021 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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